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Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

The Courtesan Writing from a Book from the series A Collection of Beautiful Women of the Yoshiwara

1770

Suzuki Harunobu

(Japanese, 1724–1770)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
color woodblock print
Sheet: 21.6 x 14.7 cm (8 1/2 x 5 13/16 in.)
Gift from J. H. Wade 1921.1281
Location: Not on view
  • William S. and John T. Spaulding (sale: American Art Association, NY, November 17, 1921, lot 393)
    (Yamanaka & Co.)
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