Courtesan looking at prints, 1770, (1924). Creator: Suzuki Harunobu.

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Courtesan looking at prints, 1770, (1924). From the "Ehon Seiro Bijin Awase" by Suzuki Harunobu, [1770]. The work depicts courtesans of the great houses (the 'Green Houses'), and is a source of information on the textiles and applied arts of the period. Published in "Block Printing & Book Illustration in Japan", by Louise Norton Brown. [George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., E. P. Dutton & Co., London & New York, 1924]

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