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Akoya with Her Maid
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Akoya with Her Maid

Utagawa Hiroshige (I) · 1845 - 1846 · color woodcut; nishiki-e; paper

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

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Woman, Akoya, seated beside sword and straw hat (referring to her lover Fujiwara no Kagekiyo), looking back at a maid with an umbrella. Poem in orange striped cartouche top left; above hat commentary on the scene.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineAkoya met haar dienstmeisje. 1845 - 1846. Utagawa Hiroshige (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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