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“Geisha” from the series Three Amusements of Contemporary Beauties (Tōsei bijin san’yū: Geigi)

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Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan

Rights: Public Domain

Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, H. O. Havemeyer Collection Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer 1929

Kitagawa Utamaro (Artist)

Prints Women

Japan

Title: “Geisha” from the series Three Amusements of Contemporary Beauties (Tōsei bijin san’yū: Geigi)

Description:

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan.

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