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The courtesans Segawa and Matsundo of the Matsuba House from the printed album "A Competition Among the New Beauties of the Yoshiwara Mirrored in Their Writing" (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami)

The courtesans Segawa and Matsundo of the Matsuba House 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 illustration from a large accordion-fold printed book; ink, color and gauffrage on paper with printed signature reading "Kitao Rissai Masanobu" and seal reading "Soseki"

Edo period, 1615-1868

Prints