# Rolschildering

- By: Tatsu
- Date: 1700 - 1800
- Medium: paper
- Classification: hanging scroll
- Dimensions: height 10 cm x width 41 cm x depth 10.5 cm
- Credit line: On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (legaat Westendorp-Osieck, 1968)
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/AK-MAK-1381--ab801d44fe0b1f34dcb31a7450b99696)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/8ce04617d67f42aa5eca9718b3d3daf6.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Courtesan with letter watching geese. Shihôsai ? Japan c. 1770 - 1780. Ink and colours on silk, traces of gold. A courtesan, recognizable by her dress, holds a letter in her hand as she watches geese in flight. Perhaps she is thinking of the man she loves who is far away. Letters played a vital part in Japanese courtship. Beautiful calligraphy could help one win the hand of a lover. Westendorp bequest.