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Courtesan and Swallows 

Exhibition information
There are currently no plans to exhibit this artwork at the regular exhibitions.

In this print with strong seasonal imagery, a courtesan is shown visiting a teahouse on the main street of the Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarters where swallows gather every year."

Cultural property designation
Quantity
Artist
By Katsukawa Shunshō (1726–92)
Period/Century
Edo period, 18th century
Country/Origin
Excavation site
Material
Color on silk
Size
Inscriptions
Donor
Collection reference no.
A-11540
Genre
Painting
Category
Paintings, sketches, and prints > Japan > Early modern paintings
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