Artist: Toyohara Chikanobu
Title: Geisha Komachi of Owari-ro and Shimeko of Nakanocho reading a letter
Date: 1883
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Monday, 2 August 2010 Artist Chikanobu Title Geisha Komachi of Owari-ro and Shimeko of Nakanocho reading a letter on a snowy day Series Meiyo Iro no Sakiwake ? Praise for Multi-colored Blossoms Date December 7, 1883 Publisher Kobayashi Tetsujiro Format Oban (9 1/4" X 14") Comment Burnishing; backed Moso, the paragon of virtue who went out in the snow to dig bamboo shoots for his mother, is pictured on the screen, resonating with the bamboo in the inset as well as the hoe and straw hat.
