Title : Sisters - Azuma Nishiki Chuya Kurabe
Artist : Toyohara Chikanobu
Date : 1886.
Details : Toyohara Chikanobu: Sisters - Azuma Nishiki Chuya Kurabe - Artelino
Source :
artelino - Japanese Prints
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Description : "Azuma Nishiki Chuya Kurabe" (Edo Embroidery Pictures, Comparison of Day and Night). Two sisters, Gigyoku and Gijo, were beautiful dancers in Gion. They were mistress of Taira Koyomori. But after a while, they were disillusioned. They wrote a farewell poem on shoji screen and became nuns in the Sagi Mountains.
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