The Hell Courtesan
late 19th century
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Object details
- Title
- The Hell Courtesan
- Artist
- Seikei
- Date
- late 19th century
- Culture
- Not recorded
- Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
- Object type
- Drawings
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art (29.100.517)
- Credit line
- Image source The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access. License Public domain (Met Open Access, isPublicDomain true).
- Object number
- EFA.1558
- Original image
- 438 × 838 px
- Source record
- View on The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access
- License evidence
- See the license
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