Courtesans of Matsubaya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Kitao Shigemasa

Title

Courtesans of Matsubaya, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality)

Date

1776

Medium

Color woodblock print; double-page illustration cut from a book

Dimensions

22.6 × 30.2 cm (8 7/8 × 11 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Frederick W. Gookin Collection

Reference Number

1939.828

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