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“The Courtesan Hanazuma Reading a Letter,” from the series Beauties Compared to Flowers (Bijin hana awase)
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“The Courtesan Hanazuma Reading a Letter,” from the series Beauties Compared to Flowers (Bijin hana awase)

Kitagawa Utamaro · 1790s · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

From the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Credit line“The Courtesan Hanazuma Reading a Letter,” from the series Beauties Compared to Flowers (Bijin hana awase). 1790s. Kitagawa Utamaro. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Henry L. Phillips Collection, Bequest of Henry L. Phillips, 1939. CC0.
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