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Maker(s):Katsukawa Shunchô
Culture:Japanese (1726 - 1792)
Title:The Courtesan Misayama of Chôjiya from Beauties of the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara Yûkun Yamakawa Shû)
Date Made:ca. 1790
Type:Print
Materials:woodcut printed in color on paper
Place Made:Japan
Measurements:sheet: 9 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.; 24.765 x 19.05 cm
Accession Number:  SC 1968.185
Credit Line:The Margaret Rankin Barker - Isaac Ogden Rankin Collection. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Barker (Margaret Clark Rankin, class of 1908)
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
New years scene of a courtesan seated on an outdoor bench with two attendants, the youngest girl is playing shuttle cock and the older girl is holding a ball, both symbols of the new year.

Subjects:
Wood-engraving

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