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Courtesans Promenading on the Nakanochō by Utagawa Toyokuni, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Courtesans Promenading on the Nakanochō

Utagawa Toyokuni (d. 1825)

c. 1790 · Print, One of a triptych of color woodblock prints

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Rishyashringa addresses the courtesans, from the "Shangri" Ramayana by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Rishyashringa addresses the courtesans, from the "Shangri" Ramayana

Unrecorded maker

c. 1700–1725 · Painting, Gum tempera and ink on paper

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Courtesans Promenading on the Nakanochō by Utagawa Toyokuni, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Courtesans Promenading on the Nakanochō

Utagawa Toyokuni (d. 1825)

c. 1790 · Print, One of a triptych of color woodblock prints

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Courtesans Promenading on the Nakanochō by Utagawa Toyokuni, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Courtesans Promenading on the Nakanochō

Utagawa Toyokuni (d. 1825)

c. 1790 · Print, One of a triptych of color woodblock prints

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Courtesans Promenading on the Nakanochō by Utagawa Toyokuni, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Courtesans Promenading on the Nakanochō

Utagawa Toyokuni (d. 1825)

c. 1790 · Print, triptych of color woodblock prints

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Courtesans of the Ōgiya on a Spring Outing by Utagawa Toyokuni, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Courtesans of the Ōgiya on a Spring Outing

Utagawa Toyokuni (d. 1825)

mid- or late 1790s · Print, Triptych of woodblock prints, ink and color on paper

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Courtesans of the Ōgiya on a Spring Outing by Utagawa Toyokuni, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Courtesans of the Ōgiya on a Spring Outing

Utagawa Toyokuni (d. 1825)

mid- or late 1790s · Print, One of a triptych of woodblock prints

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Courtesans of the Ōgiya on a Spring Outing by Utagawa Toyokuni, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Courtesans of the Ōgiya on a Spring Outing

Utagawa Toyokuni (d. 1825)

mid- or late 1790s · Print, One of a triptych of woodblock prints

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Courtesans of the Ōgiya on a Spring Outing by Utagawa Toyokuni, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Courtesans of the Ōgiya on a Spring Outing

Utagawa Toyokuni (d. 1825)

mid- or late 1790s · Print, One of a triptych of woodblock prints

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Three Courtesans with a Client by Okumura Masanobu, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Three Courtesans with a Client

Okumura Masanobu (d. 1764)

early 1700s · Print, color woodblock print

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The Courtesans Kasugano and Utahama of Tamaya, from Courtesans of the Pleasure Quarters in Double Mirrors by Kitagawa Utamaro, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Courtesans Kasugano and Utahama of Tamaya, from Courtesans of the Pleasure Quarters in Double Mirrors

Kitagawa Utamaro (d. 1806)

c. 1800 · Print, color woodblock print

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Tsukasa and Other Courtesans of the Ogiya Watching the Autumn Moon Rise Over Rice Fields from a Balcony in the Yoshiwara by Katsushika Hokusai, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Tsukasa and Other Courtesans of the Ogiya Watching the Autumn Moon Rise Over Rice Fields from a Balcony in the Yoshiwara

Katsushika Hokusai (d. 1849)

1799 · Print, Surimono; color woodblock print

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