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Courtesans like flowers of the white waves

Courtesans like flowers of the white waves
 (c. 1860)
from the New forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts series

Medium
album: colour woodblock, 5 prints, glue and concertina binding
Measurements
23.8 × 104.7 cm (open) (image) 24.4 × 104.7 cm (open) (sheet) 24.4 × 17.8 × 1.0 cm (closed) 24.4 × 104.7 × 0.2 cm (open)
Place/s of Execution
Osaka, Japan
Inscription
(panel 1) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) c.r.: (title) / (artist's signature)
(panel 2) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) l.r.: (artist's signature)
(panel 3) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) l.r.: (artist's signature)
(panel 4) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) l.r.: (artist's signature)
(panel 5) printed in ink (in Japanese characters) (in image) l.r.: (artist's signature)
Accession Number
AS22-1993
Department
Asian Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of Coles Myer Ltd, Governor, 1993
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Gordon Darling Foundation
Gallery location
Not on display