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Hanazuma of the Hyogoya

Size: 40.5cm by 26.5cm (15.94 in by 10.43 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ?

Designer: Kitagawa Utamaro

Era: Post-war | Currency: $ / £ / €

Price: ¥ 10,000$ 83.00£ 72.25€ 83.75 [Item has been sold]

Description: This print is from the set "Ukiyo-e Beauties Overseas" (在外浮世絵美人画逸品集) which consists of 12 reprints of bijin-ga (beautiful women paintings) from Boston and Chicago museums collection.

The figure of a courtesan, the highest rank at Hyogo-ya, the most prestigious brothel in Yoshiwara, is gorgeously and glamorously portrayed.

There are slight creases at the top right of this print.

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