Oiran and Kamuro (a courtesan and her maid)

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Title

Oiran and Kamuro (a courtesan and her maid)

Content partner

Dunedin Public Art Gallery

Collection

Dunedin Public Art Gallery

Description

Kitagawa Utamaro is best known for his pictures of women, particularly the well-known courtesans of the licensed brothel district of Yoshiwara in Edo (now Tokyo). Indeed, most of his work was completed under contract to promote these women and the services they provided. The life of Yoshiwara courtesans was largely a cloistered one, o...

Format

Image

Date created

Circa 1790-1810

Creator

UTAMARO, Kitagawa (Japanese, b.1753, d.1806)

URL

https://collection.dunedin.art.museum/objects/4785

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