The Courtesan Miyagino and her Younger Sister Onobu, by Kitagawa Utamaro

An image of The Courtesan Miyagino and her Younger Sister Onobu, in the Pleasure Quarter Scene from the jōruri Shiroishi-banashi (Shiroishi-banashi, Kuruwa no dan, Keisei Miyagin imōto Onobu). Patterns for Puppet Plays: One Section of Bamboo (Ayatsuri moyō take no hitofushi). Utamaro, Kitagawa (Japanese, c.1756-1806). Colour print from woodblocks. Ôban. Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi. Height, sheet, 39.3 cm, width, sheet, 27.3 cm, c. 1806. Ukiyo-e.

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The Courtesan Miyagino and her Younger Sister Onobu, in the Pleasure Quarter Scene from the jōruri Shiroishi-banashi (Shiroishi-banashi, Kuruwa no dan, Keisei Miyagin imōto Onobu). Patterns for Puppet Plays: One Section of Bamboo (Ayatsuri moyō take no hitofushi). Utamaro, Kitagawa (Japanese, c.1756-1806). Colour print from woodblocks. Ôban. Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi. Height, sheet, 39.3 cm, width, sheet, 27.3 cm, c. 1806. Ukiyo-e.

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Accession Number: P.67-1960
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 730 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 691.13kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2017:05:22 13:50:02

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19th Century colour printing costume courtesan fashion female Fitz_PDP green hair hairstyle Japan Japanese kanzashi hairpin kimono Kitagawa Utamaro oban obi plays print puppet theatre sash sisters theatre theatrical ukiyo-e Utamaro woman women woodblock woodcut

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