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Beauties from the Yoshiwara
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Beauties from the Yoshiwara

Suzuki Harunobu · 1770 · color woodcut; paper

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

About this work

Two volumes (of five), with images of courtesans, each with praise poem over moon and cuckoo; preserved in a dark red chitsu (foldable box) of later date.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
bookcourtesan, hetaera
Credit lineSchoonheden uit het Yoshiwara. 1770. Suzuki Harunobu. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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