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"Kaiyoikomachi": A Geisha in her Lover's Room, from Futaba gusa Nanakomachi

Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese, 1753-1806
Medium: Woodblock color print on Japanese mulberry paper
Place Made: Japan
Dates: ca. 1803
Period: Edo Period
Dimensions: 15 x 9 15/16 in. (38.0 x 25.0 cm)
Inscriptions: Signature: "Utamaro fude" Seal of Hamilton Easter Field under publisher's seal Publisher's seal: Tsuruya, Kiyeimon
Collections: Asian Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 20.930
Credit Line: Museum Collection Fund
Image: Overall, 20.930_IMLS_SL2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: A Geisha sits behind her standing lover, holding a piece of cloth. A stack of books appears behind them. Condition: Fair, faded, repaired at right center, in area of pile of books.

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