Courtesans Drawn in Osaka style (right), Kyoto style (center), and Edo style (left), from "Courtesans of the Three Capitals: A Set of Three (Sanga no tsu keisei sanpukutsui)"

People: Okumura, Masanobu
Time: 1743-1753
Owner Organization: Art Institute of Chicago

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