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Courtesan with Sake Cup and Scroll

Kikukawa Eizan

Cleveland Museum of Art

A woman wearing a kimono with grey, peach, and black colors and a floral pattern faces left; she holds a sake cup in her right hand and a scroll in her left hand; her dark hair is styled up with a light peach hairpiece; a circular emblem above her right shoulder contains a scene of trees, mountains and a body of water; the background is beige with dark spots; Japanese characters are written vertically on the left and right side.

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