The Mark of the Courtesan

Authors

Ethan Murakami, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
Fleet Library, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
Special Collections, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow

Files

Publication Date

Winter 1-1-2017

Keywords

artists' books, courtesans, Ancient China, student artists' book contest, fourth

Disciplines

Book and Paper

Student Status

Undergraduate student

Year of Graduation

2021

Major

Experimental and Foundation Studies

Faculty / Course

Judy Maloney, Design

Materials + Techniques

Paper, inkjet

Student Narrative

My book focuses on the lives of courtesans in Ancient China, more specifically on their identities as musicians, poets, and artists, rather than their identities as sex workers and prostitutes due to how many were often forced into their professions.

Photo Credit

Mariah Bennett, MDes Interior Architecture, 2018

Recommended Citation

Murakami, Ethan; Library, Fleet; and Collections, Special, "The Mark of the Courtesan" (2017). 4th Student Artists' Book Contest 2018. 24.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/specialcollections_bookcontest4th2018/24