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Arashi Murajiro as a Courtesan Holding a Letter

Katsukawa Shunkō

Cleveland Museum of Art

A woman in a traditional Japanese kimono, with a patterned orange and gray design, stands indoors in a full-body pose. She wears a traditional Japanese hat on her head and holds a letter in her right hand. The background features a sliding window with a grid pattern on the left and a garden view on the right, with plants and trees visible outside. The woman faces right, looking down. A signature in Japanese characters appears on the bottom right.

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418 × 900 px
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