Beauty descending a staircase with tissue papers in her mouth

Toyokuni, Utagawa
Japanese
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Beauty descending a staircase with tissue papers in her mouth
ca. 1796-1798
Japan
A woman dancing with a scroll in her mouth; Geisha descending a a staircase; Courtesan descending a staircase with tissue papers in her mouth
Woodblock
24 5/8 in. x 4 5/8 in. (62.55 cm x 11.75 cm)
Bequest of Mrs. Cora Timken Burnett
1957.149
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