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Two Hindu Women in Elaborate Jewelry, Before Studio Backdrop with Palm Trees, 1860s-70s

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Okita and Ofuji, Japan, c. 1793/94. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro

Okita and Ofuji, Japan, c. 1793/94. The once famous but now middle-aged beauty Ofuji, wearing a gingko-patterned robe, hands a scroll to the young waitress Naniwaya Okita. The scene is thought to symbolise the passing of the secrets of beauty and popularity from one generation to the next

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Mother-in-Law Teasing the Bride, from the series "A Collection of Humorous Poems

Mother-in-Law Teasing the Bride, from the series "A Collection of Humorous Poems (Haifu yanagidaru)", c. 1785

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