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Kitagawa UTAMARO

"Seiro Ehon Nenju-gyoji" - illustrations


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First laying-out of bedding
Delivery of New Year gifts
at Naka-no-cho
Plum and camellia
frontispiece - vol 1




Display-room of a house
of pleasure at night
Street performers in the quarter
Debut of a shinzo
kyoka poem by Jippensha Ikku




Debut of a geisha
Secret flower-viewing
Cherry-blossom in Naka-no-cho

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Chrysanthemum and maple
frontispiece - vol 2
haikai poem by Jippensha Ikku
Niwaka festival
kyoshi poem by Sanritei Toshi
Lantern festival



First meeting
Moon-lit night (in mid-autumn)
kyoka poem by Shoshotei Sanjin
Hassaku festival
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Parting the next morning
Parlor scene with a customer
who stayed on the next day
Party for the intimate customer




Adding the colors to an interior
painting in a house of pleasure
(the artist most likely is Utamaro himself)
Pounding rice (for New Year cakes)
Ceremony in the house of pleasure


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