A Selection of Beauty from the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase): Courtesans Hired for the New Years Holidays - Takigawa of the Ogiya

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Chôbunsai Eishi

Title

A Selection of Beauty from the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase): Courtesans Hired for the New Years Holidays - Takigawa of the Ogiya

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality:)

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1789–1799

Medium

Color woodblock print; oban

Dimensions

37.4 × 25.4 cm (14 11/16 × 10 in.)

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection

Reference Number

1950.23

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