Diptych print, mitate-e, Katsukawa Shunchō, circa 1788

Colour woodblock-printed diptych. Seven edo courtesans and entertainers, with their attendants; one reading love-letter; in garden on outskirts of city, a parody of the seven sages of the bamboo grove. Signed, sealed and marked. Date: circa 1788. Dimensions: Height: 36.70 centimetres (each); Width: 24.20 centimetres (each). Medium: paper. Depicted People: Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove. Collection: British Museum. Diptych print, mitate-e (BM 1910,0614,0.11 2)

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Author: Print artist: Katsukawa Shuncho (勝川春潮) Published by: Nishimuraya Yohachi (西村屋与八)Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/

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