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Title: Edo, flowers of Yoshiwara, the Courtesan Katsuragi, Fuwa Banzaemon and Nagoya
Alternative Title: Snow, moon, flowers; Setsu gekka: Edo, Yoshiwara hana, Katsuragi taiyu, Fuwa Banza, Nagoya Sanza
Creator: Chikanobu, Yoshu
Publication Information: Kobayashi Tetsujiro
Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: Chikanobu and Yoshitoshi Woodblock Prints
Rights Information: The contents of this item, including all images and text, are for personal, educational, and non-commercial use only. The contents of this item may not be reproduced in any form without the express permission of Scripps College. Any form of image reproduction, transmission, display, or storage in any retrieval system is prohibited without the written consent of Scripps College and other copyright holders. Scripps College retains all rights, including copyright, in data, images, documentation, text and other information contained in these files. For permissions, please contact: Scripps College, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery Attn: Rights and Reproductions, 1030 Columbia Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711
Description: To help her husband Nagoya Sanza, Iwahashi sold herself into prostitution, becoming a prestigious courtesan by the name of "Katsuragi." Despite her fame and fortune, she still loved Sanza and is shown here thinking of him as cherry blossoms fall outside her room.
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cyw/id/82
Language: Japanese
Subject: Courtesans
Women
Kimonos
Hair ornaments
Hairstyles
Lanterns (lighting devices)
Ukiyo-e
Print
Time Period: Meiji (Japan, 1869-1912)
Source: Woodcuts; Ink on Paper; 13 3/4 x 9 1/4 in.; accession number 93.6.90
Relation: Chikanobu and Yoshitoshi Woodblock Prints https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/cyw

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