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A courtesan looking into a hand mirror

Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川春章 (1726-1792)

18th century

Medium
Ink, color and gold on silk
Classification
Paintings
Dimensions
H x W (image): 66.7 × 29 cm (26 1/4 × 11 7/16 in)
Culture
Japanese
Museum
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art
Credit line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Rights
CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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