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Bust portrait of the courtesan Shiratsuya from the Wakanaya house
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Bust portrait of the courtesan Shiratsuya from the Wakanaya house

Kitagawa Utamaro · 1795 - 1800 · color woodcut; paper; mica

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

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Busteportret van courtisane met in rechter hand een schoteltje en met linker hand bij haarpen; tegen grijze mica achtergrond. Naast de prenttitel de namen van haar twee kamuro (jongste hulpen van een courtisane): Tatsuji en Tatsuno.

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printcourtesan, hetaera
Credit lineBusteportret van de courtisane Shiratsuya uit het Wakanaya huis.. 1795 - 1800. Kitagawa Utamaro. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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