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Snowball

Utagawa Toyokuni (I) · 1794 - 1798 · color woodcut; nishiki-e; paper

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

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Shinzo (trainee courtesan) carrying a cushion on which a perfume warmer with a dragon motif, looking back at a woman with a pattern of autumn leaves on her skirt and a kamuro (youngest assistant to a courtesan) warming her hands; against a grey background with swirling snowflakes.

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Credit lineSneeuwbal. 1794 - 1798. Utagawa Toyokuni (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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