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Courtesan in a Dragon Uchikake

Utagawa Toyoshige (Toyokuni II)
ca. 1825-30

On an outing, a woman of the higher ranks within the Yoshiwara pleasure district is dressed in a hand-painted black uchikake (outer kimono) with a storm dragon motif.

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