A Votive Picture to Be Donated to the Kannon of Asakusa (Asakusa Kannon hō kakegaku no zu), by Takigawa of the Ōgiya, Kamuro Menami and Onami, with Tomikawa, Kumegawa, Tamagawa, Tsugawa, Utagawa, and Kiyokawa ca. 1800 Kitagawa Kikumaro Japanese Takigawa, the high-ranking courtesan (oiran) of the Ōgiya brothel, was not only a famous beauty but an accomplished painter and calligrapher. This print depicts Takigawa as she prepares a votive picture (ema) as a New Year’s offering for the Kannon of the Asakusa A Votive Picture to Be Donated to the Kannon of Asakusa (Asakusa Kannon hō kakegak
A Votive Picture to Be Donated to the Kannon of Asakusa (Asakusa Kannon hō kakegaku no zu), by Takigawa of the Ōgiya, Kamuro Menami and Onami, with Tomikawa, Kumegawa, Tamagawa, Tsugawa, Utagawa, and Kiyokawa ca. 1800 Kitagawa Kikumaro Japanese Takigawa, the high-ranking courtesan (oiran) of the Ōgiya brothel, was not only a famous beauty but an accomplished painter and calligrapher. This print depicts Takigawa as she prepares a votive picture (ema) as a New Year’s offering for the Kannon of the Asakusa A Votive Picture to Be Donated to the Kannon of Asakusa (Asakusa Kannon hō kakegaku no zu), by Takigawa of the Ōgiya, Kamuro Menami and Onami, with Tomikawa, Kumegawa, Tamagawa, Tsugawa, Utagawa, and Kiyokawa 36668
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