Takigawa of the Ogiya Pleasure House, Utagawa Toyokuni I, early 19th century

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Takigawa of the Ogiya Pleasure House, Edo period (1615–1868), early 19th century, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 14 11/16 in. ( cm); W. 9 7/8 in. ( cm), Prints, Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825), Robed in a splendid floral kimono, the famous courtesan, Takigawa of the Ogiya Pleasure House, sits before a hanging scroll portrait of Ono no Komachi in her late years. Ono no Komachi, a great poet of the Heian period, was admired for her beauty

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