The courtesans Utagawa and Nanasato of the Yotsume House from the printed album "A Competition Among the New Beauties of the Yoshiwara Mirrored in Their Writing" (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami)
PrintsJapanese18th century

The courtesans Utagawa and Nanasato of the Yotsume House from the printed album "A Competition Among the New Beauties of the Yoshiwara Mirrored in Their Writing" (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami)

Mid Edo period, dated 1784

Artists

Kitao Masanobu 北尾政演Artist
Classification
Prints
Medium
Eighth two-page spread of an accordion-fold woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Century
18th century
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

38.2 cm (15 1/16 in.)

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