Geisha Walking through the Snow at Night, Kitagawa Utamaro, ca. 1797

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Geisha Walking through the Snow at Night, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1797, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 14 1/8 in. ( cm); W. 9 1/4 in. ( cm), Prints, Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753?–1806), A geisha walks with an umbrella in a snowstorm, accompanied by a male attendant carrying a lantern and a lacquered black box containing her musical instrument, a shamisen. It is a dreamlike scene. The snow is falling thick and fast, but there is no indication of snow on the ground

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