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Collection Online as of December 21, 2025

Arashi Murajiro as a Courtesan Holding a Letter

late 1780s

Katsukawa Shunkō

(Japanese, 1743–1812)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
color woodblock print
Sheet: 30.8 x 14 cm (12 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Gift from J. H. Wade 1921.1285
Location: Not on view
  • Minamoto (seal on verso)
    Carl Schraubstadter (sale: American Art Association, February 10, 1921, lot 62)
    (Yamanaka & Co.)
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