『青楼七小町』 「玉屋内花紫」, “Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya,” from the series Seven Komachi of the Pleasure Quarters (Seirō Nana Komachi), Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1790, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm); W. 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm), Prints, Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753?–1806), Utamaro’s portrait of Hanamurasaki, a top-class courtesan (oiran) of the Tamaya, shows her in elegant public attire with an elaborately decorated hair arrangement. She sits coyly, her hands crossed in front of her while she holds a brush in her lips, a pose that suggests she is aware of the audience watching her as she writes a secret letter
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『青楼七小町』 「玉屋内花紫」, Hanamurasaki, Tamaya, series Seven Komachi, Pleasure Quarters, Seirō Nana, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1790, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, H, 14 1/2, 36.8 cm, W, 9 7/8, 25.1, Prints, Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese, 1753?–1806, Utamaro, portrait, top-class courtesan, oiran, elegant public, attire, elaborately decorated, hair, arrangement, sits coyly, hands crossed, front, holds, brush, lips, pose, aware, audience watching, writes, secret letter
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