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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)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of Coles Myer Ltd, Governor, 1993

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

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

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