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Somenosuke of Matsubaya

Size: 32.5cm by 21.5cm (12.80 in by 8.46 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ?

Designer: Chokosai Eisho

Era: Post-war | Currency: $ / £ / €

Price: ¥ 9,000$ 69.00£ 54.50€ 63.50 [Item has been sold]

Description: This work is one of the series 'Courtesans as the Three Deities of Japanese Poetry', a triptych, representing Yoshiwara courtesans as one of the three gods who protect Waka poetry. This particular print depicts courtesan Somenosuke from Matsubaya radiating elegance and intelligence.

A reproduction published by Ishu Kanko-kai and produced by Kajikawa Kobo probably in the late 1980s or early 1990s.

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