The Boone Collection
Women of Japan: From Edo to the Present




Geisha & Courtesan: Role/Occupation

Hashimotoya Shiraito ("White Thread" of the Hashimoto House)
By Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Edo period, dated 1852
Diptych of woodblock print
Cat. 131683
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A110803c

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