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In this print, Utamaro depicts the famous beauty Ohisa of the Takashima teahouse. Ohisa was the daughter of Takashima Chobei, the owner of several tea houses and cake stores in Edo (Tokyo). She was renowned for her beauty and is featured in many bijin-ga (美人画, images of beautiful women) of the period. She wears a thin black kimono together with a pink under-kimono in this print, and her neck is slightly exposed. Her obi (帯, sash) features a delicate pattern of birds and what seem to be waves. Like the other prints in this set, a shimmering mica background brings out the beauty of the subject of the portrait.
This is a reproduction of a print probably originally published in 1792-1793 by Tsutaya Juzaburo.
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