Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami 青楼美人合姿鏡 (A Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Green Houses Compared), Kitao Shigemasa, 1776

Illustrated book. Vol. 2 of three volumes. Showing the occupations of courtesans, vol. 1 spring and summer, vol. 2 autumn and winter, in vol. 3 verses on four seasons written by courtesans. Colour woodblock-printed. Date: 1776. Dimensions: Height: 28 centimetres; Width: 18.50 centimetres. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami 青楼美人合姿鏡 (A Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Green Houses Compared) (BM 1979,0305,0.124.2 19)

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Author: Print artist: Kitao Shigemasa (北尾重政) Print artist: Katsukawa Shunsho (勝川春章) Published by: Tsutaya Juzaburo (蔦屋重三郎)Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/

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