High-Ranked Courtesan, from the series Five Shades of Ink in the Northern Quarter (Hokkoku goshiki-zumi) (Oiran)

People: Kitagawa, Utamaro
Time: 1789-1800
Owner Organization: Art Institute of Chicago

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