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Preface by Ota Nampo ('Yomo Sanjin" or Yomo no Akara) from the printed album "A Competition Among the New Beauties of the Yoshiwara Mirrored in Their Writing" (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami)

Preface by Ota Nampo ('Yomo Sanjin" or Yomo no Akara) from the printed album "A Competition Among the New Beauties of the Yoshiwara Mirrored in Their Writing" (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami)

1761 - 1816

Kitao Masanobu 北尾政演

Japanese

Detached Preface from a large accordion-fold printed book; ink on paper

Edo period, 1615-1868

Prints