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The Courtesan Arihara of the Tsuruya, and Child Attendants Aoe and Sekiya (Tsuruya uchi Arihara, Aoe, Sekiya), from an untitled series of courtesans, Kitagawa Utamaro, Public domain

The Courtesan Arihara of the Tsuruya, and Child Attendants Aoe and Sekiya (Tsuruya uchi Arihara, Aoe, Sekiya), from an untitled series of courtesans

Kitagawa Utamaro · c. 1797 · Color woodblcok print; aiban

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Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.

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The Courtesan Arihara of the Tsuruya, and Child Attendants Aoe and Sekiya (Tsuruya uchi Arihara, Aoe, Sekiya), from an untitled series of courtesans is a public-domain illustration by Kitagawa Utamaro, dated c. 1797. Color woodblcok print; aiban. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.

“The Courtesan Arihara of the Tsuruya, and Child Attendants Aoe and Sekiya (Tsuruya uchi Arihara, Aoe, Sekiya), from an untitled series of courtesans” (c. 1797) is a woodblock design by Utamaro, usually a half-length portrait of a woman. Another museum may hold a different impression of the same block.

About the artist

Kitagawa Utamaro (1753–1806) designed ukiyo-e portraits of women. The prints are woodblocks, so more than one impression of a design usually exists.

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