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

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality:)

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1776

Medium

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

Dimensions

21.5 × 29.5 cm (8 7/16 × 11 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Chester W. Wright

Reference Number

1961.190

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