A geisha with her lover, by Katsukawa Shuncho

An image of Two lovers/A geisha with her lover. Shunchô, Katsukawa (Japanese, c.1780-1800). Colour print from woodblocks. Aiban format, height, sheet, 223 mm, width, sheet, 319 mm, circa 1780-1790. Japanese; Ukiyo-e. From the erotic series 'Customs of the Geisha' (Geisha no fuzoku). This is a scene in the pleasure quarter.

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Two lovers/A geisha with her lover. Shunchô, Katsukawa (Japanese, c.1780-1800). Colour print from woodblocks. Aiban format, height, sheet, 223 mm, width, sheet, 319 mm, circa 1780-1790. Japanese; Ukiyo-e. From the erotic series 'Customs of the Geisha' (Geisha no fuzoku). This is a scene in the pleasure quarter.

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Accession Number: P.19-2012
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 720 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 255.07kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2013:07:01 16:36:34

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