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Geisha and her lover
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Geisha and her lover

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 purple-blue kimono helps a geisha climb on top of him. To the left, in the background, a green rolled-up blanket and the bottom of a lantern. Tenth of thirteen prints from the album Negai no itoguchi (also translated as: The Prelude to Desire).

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Credit lineGeisha en haar geliefde. 1799. Kitagawa Utamaro. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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