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Geisha and lover beside a freestanding room screen
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Geisha and lover beside a freestanding room screen

Kitagawa Utamaro · 1799 · color woodcut; paper

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

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Man in a blue-and-white striped kimono and wearing socks, exposing the lower body of a geisha to penetrate her. A freestanding room screen in the background. Eighth of thirteen prints from the album Negai no itoguchi (also translated as: The Prelude to Desire).

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Credit lineGeisha en minnaar bij vrijstaand kamerscherm. 1799. Kitagawa Utamaro. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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