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KUNISADA. Bijinga. Cover of a shunga book. Courtesan with toothpick. Colored woodcut, 178x112 mm. Excellent impression backed with metallic pigments and blind printing (nasal bone), trimmed. Breast portrait of a courtesan with toothpick, right a kettle on a “hibachi”. Bijin-ga (beautiful person picture) is a generic term for pictures of beautiful women (bijin) in Japanese art, especially in woodblock printing of the ukiyo-e genre.
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KUNISADA. Bijinga. Cover of a shunga book. Courtesan with toothpick. Colored woodcut, 178x112 mm. Excellent impression backed with metallic pigments and blind printing (nasal bone), trimmed. Breast portrait of a courtesan with toothpick, right a kettle on a “hibachi”. Bijin-ga (beautiful person picture) is a generic term for pictures of beautiful women (bijin) in Japanese art, especially in woodblock printing of the ukiyo-e genre.
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