Hanging scroll, painting, Kubo Shunman, between 1789 and 1821

Painting, hanging scroll. Courtesan and attendants, dressed in matching new robes decorated with cranes flying over tops of pine trees, passing in front of new year display of pine boughs and bamboo. With poem. Ink and colour on silk. Signed, sealed and inscribed. [jap. Ptg. 1419] - [jap. Ptg. 1419, image (a)] - [jap. Ptg. 1419, image (b)] - [jap. Ptg. 1419, image (c)] - [jap. Ptg. 1419, image (d)] - [jap. Ptg. 1419, image (e)] - [jap. Ptg. 1419, image (t)] - [jap. Ptg. 1419, image (ta)] -. Date: between 1789 and 1821. Dimensions: Height: 92 centimetres; Width: 30.40 centimetres. Medium: silk. Collection: British Museum. Hanging scroll, painting (BM 1913,0501,0.385 6)