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Geisha Tying her Sash
Geisha Tying her Sash
Public domain: Image courtesy of the Worcester Art Museum.

Geisha Tying her Sash

Artist/Culture (Japanese, 1787–1867)
Dateabout 1815
MediumWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper Techniques: blind printing (karazuri)
DimensionsKakemono-e; 73.8 x 24.9 cm (29 1/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.266
Descriptionvertical oban diptych (kakemono-e)
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Not on view
The Hour of the Hare
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1881
Flowers
Utagawa Kunisada I 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III 三代 豊国)
1854
Kobayashi Kiyochika 小林 清親
1896
An Insistent Invitation
Ishikawa Toyonobu 石川 豊信
about 1762–1764
Young Woman Holding a Boy Doll
Kikukawa Eizan 菊川 英山
mid 1820's
Courtesan Holding a Love-Letter
Kikukawa Eizan 菊川 英山
about 1820
The Lovers Urazato and Tokijiro
Kikukawa Eizan 菊川 英山
about 1814–1815
Kashiku of the Tsuruya
Kikukawa Eizan 菊川 英山
about 1824–1829
Geisha Tying her Sash while Holding a Roll of Tissues Between Her Teeth
Katsukawa Shunsen 勝川 春扇 (Shunkō II 二代 春好)
about 1815-20
Two Courtesans Seated on a Staircase
Kikukawa Eizan 菊川 英山
about 1811