Beauties Mirrored in the Forms of Flowers

(Sugata hana bijin kagami, 姿花美女鏡)

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô

c. 1836

This series is listed as number 96 in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). The prints are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban.

	Title: Toyo-oka (豊岡) from the house of Okamoto-ya (岡本屋内豊岡) Description: Courtesan holding letter
	I am grateful to Michel Ouellet for this image of a simplified state of the above design, which is also ôban sized. Note that this print does not have a publisher’s seal.
	Title: Description: Standing courtesan
	Title: Description: Standing courtesan
	Title: Description: Crouching courtesan holding a role of paper I am grateful to Michel Ouellet for this image of a simplified state bearing the seal of the publisher Koshimura-ya Heisuke.

“Robinson” indicates listing in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson, 1961, Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

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