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A seated woman pauses whilst writing a letter - she holds the brush between her teeth and looks left as though her attention is caught by something out of view, in her right hand she holds an ink stick which she is using to mix the ink
Woodblock print, from the series titled Furyu ukiyo sugata, comparing beautiful women to the six poetical geniuses of the 9th/10th centuries, signed Kikugawa Eizan hitsu, published by Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendo), circa 1810s
Vertical oban (40.3 x 26.6 cm.)


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