diptych print

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Object Type
Museum number: 1909,0406,0.470
Title: Object: Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami 吉原傾城新美人合自筆鏡; Series: Seiro Meikun Jippitsu-shu
Description: Woodblock print, diptych. The courtesans (tayu) Segawa and Matsuhito of the Matsubaya with their maids. Poems. From the book 'Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami'.
Producer name
Production date: 1761-1816 (artist)
Production place: Made in: Japan
Materials
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Location: Not on display
Subjects: bijin; servant/domestic worker; literature; courtesan/prostitute
Associated names: Representation of: Segawa (瀬川); Representation of: Matsuhito
Associated places: Associated with: Matsubaya
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1909
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1909,0406,0.470

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