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A courtesan holding a pipe by Okumura Masanobu — VisualArtsDB

A courtesan holding a pipe

A courtesan holding a pipe

Okumura Masanobu

1743–1747

Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; hashira-e, beni-e
Dimensions: 102.3 × 16.3 cm (40 1/4 × 6 3/8 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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