Courtesans in an Iris Garden, Edo period (1615–1868), late 18th century, Japan, Triptych of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, Image (each): 15 × 10 in. (38.1 × 25.4 cm), Prints, Katsukawa Shunchō (Japanese, active ca. 1783–95), This triptych recalls one of the most popular episodes from the tenth-century literary classic, the Ise monogatari (The Tales of Ise), a series of poems on love and journeying accompanied by brief textual notes
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Courtesans, Iris Garden, Edo period, 1615–1868, late 18th century, Japan, Triptych, polychrome woodblock prints, ink, color, paper, Image, 15, 10, 38.1, 25.4 cm, Prints, Katsukawa Shunchō, Japanese, active ca., 1783–95, triptych, recalls, popular episodes, tenth-century literary, classic, Ise monogatari, Tales, Ise, series, poems, love, journeying accompanied, brief textual, notes
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