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Yoshiwara Courtesan

Printing impressions (13):

  1. 'Beta'
    - entire plate with paste only
  2. 'Beta' (2)
    - entire plate (minus face) with very light sumi
  3. Key block
    - thick sumi
  4. Veranda boards
    - light sumi
  5. Wood
    - pale yellow/sand
  6. Vermillion
    - inner kimono, wood slats
  7. Sepia
    - inner kimono, tree trunk
  8. Faint sand
    - background (top right ...)
  9. Darker Sepia
    - under stairs
  10. Green
    - pine needles
  11. Pale vermillion
    - kimono pattern
  12. Light grey
    - kimono pattern
  13. Lighter grey
    - shoji 'bars'