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Courtesan and Servants

anonymous · 1796 · color woodcut; paper

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

About this work

A courtesan with her maid (kamuro) sitting on a bench at a tea house, a servant behind them. The large crane probably refers to the Crane House (Tsuruya) in the Yoshiwara district. The dragon stands for the dragon year 1796. No poems, probably cut off on the left.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

print surimono adult woman house personnel, servants

Credit lineCourtisane en bedienden. 1796. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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