Shichi fuku-bijin kiryo kurabe 七福美人器量競 (A Comparison of the Looks of the Seven Lucky Beauties) -

Title : Shichi fuku-bijin kiryo kurabe 七福美人器量競 (A Comparison of the Looks of the Seven Lucky Beauties)

Date : 1793-1794 (ca.)

Source : British Museum
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Description : Colour woodblock print. Bijinga. Composition bringing together half-length portraits of seven famous Edo beauties, with their names. Top row from right: Takashima Ohisa, with triple oak-leaf (mitsu-gashiwa) crest; Tomimoto Toyohina (possibly); Naniwaya Okita, with paulownia (kiri) crest. Bottom row, from right: Kikumoto Ohan, with crest of cucumber (kiuri), in circle; Hiranoya Oseyo, with crest of character Hira inside paulownia; Tachibanaya Otatsu (possibly); Fujiya Otayo, with crest of character Fu inside paulownia. Inscribed, signed and sealed.

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