Nishikizuri onna sanjūrokkasen, Courtiers and Urchins, frontispiece for the album Brocade Prints of the Thirty-six Poetesses

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Nishikizuri onna sanjūrokkasen, Courtiers and Urchins, frontispiece for the album Brocade Prints of the Thirty-six Poetesses, Edo period (1615–1868), 1801, Japan, Ink and color on paper, 9 7/8 × 7 3/8 × 3/4 in. ( × × cm), Illustrated Books, Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829), Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, Tokyo (Edo) 1760–1849 Tokyo (Edo)), In 1801 Hokusai provided a frontispiece to an album by the ukiyo-e master Chōbunsai Eishi (1756–1829), who elegantly portrayed thirty-six female poets. The frontispiece reveals the lyricism typical of Hokusai's Sōri period, early in his career

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