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Risshun (Early Spring) (BM 1945,1013,0.5), Woodblock print, diptych, album leaf. Two leading courtesans (oiran), Komurasaki (right) and Hanamurasaki (left) of Kado-Tamaya brothel, examine bolts of fabric with their young maids.  Classical-style poems (waka) inscribed above.  Calligraphy reproducing each courtesan's handwriting.  Opening 2 of the book 'Yoshiwara keisei shin bijin awase jihitsu kagami'.
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Risshun (Early Spring) (BM 1945,1013,0.5), Santō Kyōden, Uploads by copyfraud, Eroticism in the British Museum, paper, Risshun (Early Spring)
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立春花道玉屋の花紫と小紫の二人が、若い女中たちと布のボルトを調べている。上述した和歌の古典詩。書は各遊女の筆跡を模している。「吉原傾城新美人合自筆鏡」2帖
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立春(アーリースプリング)
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classical maid leaf spring screen