Young women and geisha on an Edo street, 18th century

Scene outside an office for servant placement with the entrance to a female bathhouse. An older woman talks to a nanny with baby and other working women. Two young town geisha (machigeisha) and flower seller walk past the baths entrance.. Handcoloured ukiyo-e woodblock print by Toyokuni Utagawa from Shikitei Sanba's Ehon Imayo Sugata (Picture Book of the Modern Forms and Figures, Tokyo, 1916. Reprint of the original from 1802

Artisan Cartouche Ehon Forms Geisha Glue Imayo Nori Pupil Sanba Shikitei Sugata Toyokuni Ukiyo Utagawa Woodblock

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