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Geisha Drinking Sake, from the series Customs of the Floating World: A Contest of Beautiful Women (Ukiyo fûzoku bijo kurabe)

Geisha Drinking Sake, from the series Customs of the Floating World: A Contest of Beautiful Women (Ukiyo fûzoku bijo kurabe)

(Japanese, 1790–1848)
(Japanese, 1763–1840)
(Japanese)
about 1823–24 (Bunsei 6–7)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 37.8 x 26.1 cm (14 7/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Porter Sargent
Accession number50.2310
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsChinese poem: Hana o mite mata nomu, yotte fusu rakka no shitone "Gazing at the flowers, I drink again and again; drunken, I sleep on a cushion of fallen blossoms" 「看花復飲酒　酔臥落花茵」