Art Institute of Chicago
The Courtesan Somenosuke of the Matsubaya House, from the series "Fuji-bumi (Folded Love-letters)"
Ippitsusai Buncho
- Date
- c. 1769/70
- Medium
- Color woodblock print; hosoban
- Culture
- Japan
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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