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

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

2-874-197 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

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.

Image Details

People Information

Creator
  1. Kitagawa Utamaro, attributed to: Japanese: Artist, printmaker
Medium
  1. Colour woodblock print
  2. Oban
Picture Type
  1. Arts of asia
Category Hierarchy

Lifestyle & Leisure Fashion & Dress

People Other

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 2104x3000
File Size : 18,493kb

Aliases

  1. 1952.391
  1. 77438
  1. 1000027211
  1. 1952.391
  1. 2-874-197
  1. 2874197
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