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Courtesan with a letter at Shimbashi

Courtesan with a letter at Shimbashi
by Gekko Ogata (1859-1920)

Original caretaker of this artwork: Art and Designs of Japan

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Artist: Gekko Ogata (1859-1920) — 尾形月耕
Title: Courtesan with a letter at Shimbashi
Series: Six Views — 六景
Date of first edition?: 1891 (circa)
Publisher (first edition)?: Takekawa Risaburo — 武川
Publisher (this edition)?: Takekawa Risaburo — 武川
Medium (first edition): Woodblock
Medium (this edition): Woodblock
Format (first edition): Oban
Format (this edition): Oban
DB artwork code: 47132
Notes (first edition)?: 
Notes (this edition)?: 
The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:

Artist: Gekko
Title: Six scenes (of the capital, Tokyo?)

Courtesan with a letter at Shimbashi;
Hana – Woman tying a poem strip to a tree at Ueno;
Yuki – Men in the snow at Shiba Maruyama; Fishing at Tsukudajima;
Shibai – Women on a boat approaching the theater district at Kobikicho;
Moon – Man and a boy

Series: Rokkei – Six (Views of the) Capital
Date: c. 1891
Publisher: Takegawa Risaburo
Format: each 9 1/2" X 14 1/8"
Comment: Touches of embossing, burnishing and metallics

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