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Courtesan

Utagawa Kuniyasu

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts a woman in a pink kimono with green, blue, and black designs, and a black and blue patterned hem. The kimono has a peach-colored lining visible at the edges. She wears her black hair in an updo with multiple hairpins, and her head is turned to the left. Her right arm is bent at the elbow, and her left arm holds a pink cord or rope that has a peach-colored tassel at the end. The background of the image is beige, with Japanese writing in black ink scattered around the edges. A pink rectangle with black Japanese writing and green leaves borders it on the left. The woman stands on a white surface, and a small white dog is positioned under her kimono.

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623 × 900 px
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