Courtesans in an Iris Garden, Katsukawa Shunchō, late 18th century

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Courtesans in an Iris Garden, Edo period (1615–1868), late 18th century, Japan, Triptych of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, Image (each): 15 × 10 in. ( × cm), Prints, Katsukawa Shunchō (Japanese, active ca. 1783–95), This triptych recalls one of the most popular episodes from the tenth-century literary classic, the Ise monogatari (The Tales of Ise), a series of poems on love and journeying accompanied by brief textual notes

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