喜多川歌麿画 『美人花合』 「兵庫屋内 花妻図」, “The Courtesan Hanazuma Reading a Letter,” from the series Beauties Compared to Flowers (Bijin hana awase), Edo period (1615–1868), 1790s, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm); W. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm), Prints, Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753?–1806), The courtesan Hanazuma, of the Hyōgoya brothel, uses both hands to hold a letter very close to her eyes. In the upper left corner is a white peony in a circle; the background is in pale powdered mica.
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喜多川歌麿画 『美人花合』 「兵庫屋内 花�, Courtesan Hanazuma Reading, Letter, series Beauties Compared, Flowers, Bijin hana awase, Edo period, 1615–1868, 1790s, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, H, 15 1/4, 38.7 cm, W, 10, 26, Prints, Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese, 1753?–1806, courtesan, Hanazuma, Hyōgoya brothel, uses, hands, hold, letter, close, eyes, upper left, corner, white peony, circle, background, pale powdered, mica
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