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The Courtesan Katakoshigi (?) of Maruebiya with her Kamuro Ageha and Midori

Utagawa Toyokuni

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts a Japanese woodblock print of three women. The woman on the right wears a kimono with a black leaf pattern on a white background. The kimono has a green and gold patterned obi. The woman in the middle wears a large black and gold hairstyle adorned with a black triangular piece. The woman on the left wears a kimono with a black and pink pattern, and a tall ornate hairstyle. The background shows cherry blossom branches. The print has a beige background with Japanese characters in the top right corner. The print is bordered in white.

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640 × 900 px
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