Kitagawa Utamaro: Seiro niwaka onna geisha no bu 青楼仁和嘉女芸者之部 (Female Geisha Section of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival) / Tojin, shishi, sumo 唐人 獅子 角力 (Korean, Lion Dancer, Sumo Wrestler) - British Museum

Artist: Kitagawa Utamaro

Title: Seiro niwaka onna geisha no bu 青楼仁和嘉女芸者之部 (Female Geisha Section of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival) / Tojin, shishi, sumo 唐人 獅子 角力 (Korean, Lion Dancer, Sumo Wrestler)

Date: 1793

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Source: British Museum
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Colour woodblock print. Three geishas performing in Yoshiwara Niwaka festival; Toku dressed as Korean, Kiyo as lion-dog and another as wrestler Kanshu. Nishiki-e on paper, with powdered dark grey mica background. Signed, marked and sealed.

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