The 1920 caption reads: Umegawa of Tsuchi-ya. The inset in circle is her lover as an actor. It is one of a series 'A Mirror of faithful courtesans' that was signed by Hiroshige. The publisher is Iwato-ya. Umegawa of Tsuchi-ya was a courtesan .Utagawa Hiroshige, born Andō Hiroshige, was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, considered the last great master of that tradition.

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