A tayu (elite courtesan) on parade with her two kamuro (child attendants): a male attendant shields them with a parasol. Colour woodcut, ca. 1850 (?).

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1850? (?)]
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565610i
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A tayu (elite courtesan) on parade with her two kamuro (child attendants): a male attendant shields them with a parasol. Colour woodcut, ca. 1850 (?). Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[Edo [Tokyo] (?) : [publisher not identified], 1850? (?)]

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1 print : woodcut, printed in colours ; sheet 13.1 x 9.2 cm

Lettering

Lettering in Japanese

Notes

One of a set of three talcum (?) powder labels (this catalogue nos. 565608i, 565611i)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 565610i

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