
About the work
The Courtesan Misyama of Chojiya is a color woodblock print by Kitagawa Utamaro, dated early 1790s. It belongs to the series Eight Views of Beautiful Women of the Green Houses. Kitagawa Utamaro (c. 1753–1806) was a master of the Japanese woodblock print, best known for his portraits of women. He framed faces close up, with fine lines and soft colour, and his prints were collected in Europe from the 1860s on. The original is in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art.
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