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Courtesans of the Shin Kanaya, from the series "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2
Kitao Shigemasa · 1776
Provenance
Ownership history
- Chester W. Wright (1879–1966), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1961.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Literature
Published references
- Archives of the Chinese Art Society of America, Vol. 16, (1962), pp. 104-124.
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