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Wisteria: the courtesan Nokaze from the Southern Matsuzakaya.
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Wisteria: the courtesan Nokaze from the Southern Matsuzakaya.

Suzuki Harunobu · 1767 - 1771 · color woodcut; blind-stamped; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Courtesan, standing by bed behind which room screen with painting of tree with blossoms, looking at sitting kamuro with shamisen in right hand; in the background a basket with blooming blue wisteria hanging on the wall. Poem in cloud-shaped cartouche along entire top edge.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printcourtesan, hetaerastring instruments (plucked)
Credit lineWisteria: de courtisane Nokaze uit het Zuidelijke Matsuzakaya.. 1767 - 1771. Suzuki Harunobu. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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