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The Courtesan Miyagino and her Younger Sister Onobu, by Kitagawa Utamaro

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An image of The Courtesan Miyagino and her Younger Sister Onobu, in the Pleasure Quarter Scene from the jōruri Shiroishi-banashi (Shiroishi-banashi, Kuruwa no dan, Keisei Miyagin imōto Onobu). Patterns for Puppet Plays: One Section of Bamboo (Ayatsuri moyō take no hitofushi). Utamaro, Kitagawa (Japanese, c.1756-1806). Colour print from woodblocks. Ôban. Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi. Height, sheet, 39.3 cm, width, sheet, 27.3 cm, c. 1806. Ukiyo-e.

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The Courtesan Miyagino and her Younger Sister Onobu, in the Pleasure Quarter Scene from the jōruri Shiroishi-banashi (Shiroishi-banashi, Kuruwa no dan, Keisei Miyagin imōto Onobu). Patterns for Puppet Plays: One Section of Bamboo (Ayatsuri moyō take no hitofushi). Utamaro, Kitagawa (Japanese, c.1756-1806). Colour print from woodblocks. Ôban. Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi. Height, sheet, 39.3 cm, width, sheet, 27.3 cm, c. 1806. Ukiyo-e.

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  • Accession Number: P.67-1960
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D
  • Photographer name: Sam Cole
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 730 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 691.13kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 22/1
  • Captured: 2017:05:22 13:50:02

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19th Century colour printing costume courtesan fashion female Fitz_PDP green hair hairstyle Japan Japanese kanzashi hairpin kimono Kitagawa Utamaro oban obi plays print puppet theatre sash sisters theatre theatrical ukiyo-e Utamaro woman women woodblock woodcut

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