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The Courtesan Tsukioka of Hyōgoya

Ichirakutei Eisui

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The woman in the image has long black hair and is wearing a pink kimono. She is smelling flowers. The woman's hair is adorned with two long hair sticks and a comb-like accessory. Her head is tilted downward, and she is positioned on the left side of the image. There is a floral pattern on her kimono and a leafy branch near her face. A hanging chain is visible on the right side. The background of the image is beige. There are Japanese characters written vertically on both sides of the image. A brown patterned box with a pink interior and a leafy branch protruding from it is in the lower right corner.

Artwork details

Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
407 × 624 px
Museum record:
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