Takigawa of the Ōgiya from the series A Selection of Eastern Beauties

c. 1798 Sheet: 33 x 22.3 cm (13 x 8 3/4 in.) Source image
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The courtesan Takigawa worked for the Ōgiya, "House of Fans" brothel, one of the most prestigious in the Yoshiwara. Here, she smokes tobacco, a fashionable trend in 18th-century Edo. Fashion-conscious women in Edo purchased prints of the most famous beauties just as contempora...

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