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Portrait of a Courtesan Holding a Pipe (from the series The Six Immortal Poets in Modern Dress)

Chōbunsai Eishi

Cleveland Museum of Art

A woman with dark hair pulled back into a bun, adorned with a headpiece and long, thin sticks protruding from it, faces left. She wears a traditional kimono with a light-colored top over a pink and white striped undergarment, and a brown kimono with green and white patterned trim. Her left hand holds a long, thin object, possibly a pipe. Two pieces of paper with Japanese writing are positioned above and to the left of her head. The background is a light brown color with Japanese writing on the right side and two seals on the bottom left.

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611 × 900 px
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