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Kitagawa SHIKIMARO (fl.1810)
Kara-uta of the Chôjiya. 1813.
- Category
- Japanese | 20th Century
- Series
- Female Poetic Immortals in the Modern Style. (Imayô onna kasen, sanjûrokuban tsuzuki.)
- Publisher
- Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudo).
ôban tate-e, 25.4 cm × 37.3 cm
Very good impression. Good colour, somewhat faded. Trimming and very light foxing at the left, otherwise good condition.
A portrait of the courtesan Karauta of the Chôjiya, one of the superior houses of the Yoshiwara, the licensed pleasure quarter. Her kamuro (child apprentices) were Utagi and Tsumaki. To the left is a poem in the courtesan's own calligraphy.
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