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The Courtesan Takigawa of Ogiya (from the series Seven Aspects of Komachi in the Green Houses)

Kitagawa Utamaro

Cleveland Museum of Art

A Japanese woman's head and shoulders are shown. The woman faces right. Her hair is pulled back and secured with combs, held in place by 8 long light wooden pins that radiate from the bun on top of her head. Her eyebrows are thin and arched. Her lips are painted a bright red and pursed. She wears a kimono with fan-shaped pattern in blue and yellow on a white background, the collar folded back. The background is beige. There are Japanese characters on the right side.

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602 × 900 px
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