Art Institute of Chicago
The Courtesans Somenosuke and Kisegawa of the Matsubaya, from the series "A Mirror of Courtesans of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro yukun awase kagami)"
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿
- Date
- c. 1797
- Medium
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Culture
- Japan
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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