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A New Record Comparing the Handwriting of the Courtesans of the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin jihitsu kagami) 吉原傾城新美人自筆鏡

1784, early spring (Tenmei 4)
Not on view

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  • 吉原傾城新美人自筆鏡
  • Title: A New Record Comparing the Handwriting of the Courtesans of the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin jihitsu kagami) 吉原傾城新美人自筆鏡
  • Artist: Kitao Masanobu (Santō Kyōden) 北尾政演 (山東京伝) (Japanese, 1761–1816)
  • Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
  • Date: 1784, early spring (Tenmei 4)
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
  • Dimensions: 14 15/16 × 10 1/4 in. (38 × 26 cm)
  • Classification: Illustrated Books
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Family Foundation Gift, in honor of John T. Carpenter, 2013
  • Object Number: 2013.768
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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