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The Courtesan Shiratama of the Tamaya

Utagawa Kunisada

Cleveland Museum of Art

A woman in a traditional Japanese kimono, facing right. She has black hair styled up with a decorative hairpiece. The kimono has a green and pink sleeve and a train with a blue and white hexagonal pattern. There is a black and beige cloud pattern on the right side of the kimono. She wears white geta-style sandals. There are Japanese characters on the left side of the image. The background is beige.

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625 × 900 px
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