Courtesan with a Koto ca. 1785; inscription early 19th century Painting by Utagawa Toyoharu A high-ranking courtesan in a striking black surcoat with a peacock-feather motif over a multicolor undergarment with white and blue-tinged cherry blossoms is caught in a quiet moment as she stands before a koto (thirteen-stringed zither). Her obi sash is tied in front, as was the usual practice for courtesans—symbolic of the ability to undress without undue fuss for a client.Recognized as the founder of the Utagawa school, the artist Utagawa Toyoharu created both deluxe paintings, as seen here, and designs for prints. In the area of woodblock prints, he earned esteem for his mastery of Western-style perspective and for placing his figures in landscape settings (as seen in a dozen prints in The Met’s collection). By the 1780s, he appears to have turned his focus to paintings. This meticulously rendered com¬position on silk dates to the peak of Toyoharu’s career, in the mid-1780s.The poem to

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Courtesan with a Koto ca. 1785; inscription early 19th century Painting by Utagawa Toyoharu A high-ranking courtesan in a striking black surcoat with a peacock-feather motif over a multicolor undergarment with white and blue-tinged cherry blossoms is caught in a quiet moment as she stands before a koto (thirteen-stringed zither). Her obi sash is tied in front, as was the usual practice for courtesans—symbolic of the ability to undress without undue fuss for a client.Recognized as the founder of the Utagawa school, the artist Utagawa Toyoharu created both deluxe paintings, as seen here, and designs for prints. In the area of woodblock prints, he earned esteem for his mastery of Western-style perspective and for placing his figures in landscape settings (as seen in a dozen prints in The Met’s collection). By the 1780s, he appears to have turned his focus to paintings. This meticulously rendered com¬position on silk dates to the peak of Toyoharu’s career, in the mid-1780s.The poem to

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