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Courtesan with a koto
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Courtesan with a koto

Utagawa Kuniyoshi · c. 1830 - c. 1835 · color woodcut; blind-stamped; paper

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

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A seated courtesan with a koto (Japanese lute) and a kokyû (a large four-stringed bowed instrument). The koto is usually associated with courtesans, but the kokyû with traveling female musicians (torioi). With ten poems.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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Credit lineCourtisane met koto. c. 1830 - c. 1835. Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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