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Kadotamaya Wakamurasaki (Courtesan Wakamurasaki of the Kadotamaya), from the series Kakuchu bijin kurabe (A comparison of beauties of the pleasure quarters)
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Chokosai Eisho (Act.1790s)
Kadotamaya Wakamurasaki (Courtesan Wakamurasaki of the Kadotamaya), from the series Kakuchu bijin kurabe (A comparison of beauties of the pleasure quarters)
An okubi-e (large-head portrait) of the courtesan Wakamurasaki feeding a mouse, signed Eisho ga and published by Yamaguchiya Chusuke--very good impression, faded, lightly backed, restorations, worm holes, soiled, rubbed and creased
oban tate-e: 36.1 x 23.6cm.
Kadotamaya Wakamurasaki (Courtesan Wakamurasaki of the Kadotamaya), from the series Kakuchu bijin kurabe (A comparison of beauties of the pleasure quarters)
An okubi-e (large-head portrait) of the courtesan Wakamurasaki feeding a mouse, signed Eisho ga and published by Yamaguchiya Chusuke--very good impression, faded, lightly backed, restorations, worm holes, soiled, rubbed and creased
oban tate-e: 36.1 x 23.6cm.