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Courtesan watching foreign ship from balcony by Totoya Hokkei — VisualArtsDB

Courtesan watching foreign ship from balcony

Courtesan watching foreign ship from balcony

1813–1849

Medium: Color woodblock print; shikishiban, surimono
Dimensions: 20.9 × 17.9 cm (8 1/4 × 7 1/16 in.)
Genre: woodblock print
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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Japanese (culture or style)

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Totoya Hokkei, 1800

It is good to cut one's fingernails (Tsume tori yoshi), from the series "A Series for the Hanazono Group (Hanazono bantsuzuki)"

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Totoya Hokkei, 1817

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Totoya Hokkei, 1829

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Totoya Hokkei, 1780

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Carp Swiming Upstream

Totoya Hokkei, 1801

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Totoya Hokkei, 1801

Bridge post and crescent moon

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Illustration of a Chinese poem, from the series "Picture Book of Chinese Poems (Toshi gafu no uchi)"

Illustration of a Chinese poem, from the series "Picture Book of Chinese Poems (Toshi gafu no uchi)"

Totoya Hokkei, 1825

Two dolls and a brocade bag, from the series "Clothing, Food, and Shelter (Ishokuju no uchi)"

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Totoya Hokkei, 1818

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Totoya Hokkei, 1800

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