Woman and Attendant, Attributed to Utagawa Toyokuni I, ca. 1795

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Woman and Attendant, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1795, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk, 34 3/4 x 10 1/2 in. ( x cm), Paintings, Attributed to Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825), Toyokuni was one of the most prolific artists of the late Edo period. During his early career, he portrayed women with particularly graceful necks, as exemplified by this image of a courtesan on her way to see her first customer of the evening by the light of a lantern held by an attendant

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