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A courtesan promenading under cherry trees of the Yoshiwara, accompanied by her child attendant. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, 1859.
Utagawa YoshitoraDate: 1859Reference: 36649i
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Die Schöuheit des weiblichen Körpers : den Müttern, Ärzten und Künstlern gewidmet / von C.H. Stratz.
Carl Heinrich StratzDate: 1900
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A courtesan seated provocatively with her hand on a pillow. Colour woodcut, 1868.
Date: 1868Reference: 36904i
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A girl in youthful dress is tying votive slips, on which she has asked for a husband. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, 1872.
Toyohara KunichikaDate: 1872Reference: 36762i
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A woman with a towel, wearing an overcoat at Tozuka station. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1830/1835.
Q467427Date: [1830/1835]Reference: 37050i
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Over her dead body : death, femininity, and the aesthetic / Elisabeth Bronfen.
Elisabeth BronfenDate: 2006
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An anatomist meditates on the corpse of a beautiful young woman, laid out on a table next to his desk. Lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl after G. C. von Max, 1869.
Gabriel von MaxDate: 1869Reference: 25570i
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An ornately dressed girl is carried to a shrine on a man's shoulders, a woman follows her holding her long skirts; there is a sweet seller's stall to the right and a shrine gate to the left. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1860.
Q467427Date: 1860Reference: 36684i
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Die Schöuheit des weiblichen Körpers : den Müttern, Ärzten und Künstlern gewidmet / von C.H. Stratz ; mit 180 theils farbigen Abbildungen im Text, 5 Tafeln in Heliogravüre un I Tafel in Farbendruck.
Carl Heinrich StratzDate: 1901
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A woman in a plain travelling dress with a large hat and cane, at the Yoshida station. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1830/1835.
Q467427Date: [1830/1835]Reference: 37061i
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An elderly anatomist contemplates the heart that he has excised from the corpse of a beautiful, young woman. Photogravure by R. Schuster, 1907, after a painting by E. Simonet, 1890.
Simonet y Lombardo, Enrique, 1864-1927.Date: 1906Reference: 25919i
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A woman has just completed her morning toilet at the Maisaka station. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1830/1835.
Q467427Date: [1830/1835]Reference: 37060i
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A woman in a large travelling hat at Ejiri station. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1830/1835.
Q467427Date: [1830/1835]Reference: 37058i
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A woman placing glowing charcoal in a sand-filled box to provide warmth. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1852.
Q467427Date: 1852Reference: 36677i
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Beautiful women being carried across a river by porters. Colour woodcut by Kunikiyo I, 1857.
Kunikiyo, Utagawa Kunikiyo, I, fl. mid 19th century.Date: Month 10, 1857Reference: 37097i
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Fatima, the wife of the Kahya at Adrianopolis, rises to greet Lady Mary Wortley Montagu while her two daughters remain seated. Stipple engraving after T. Stothard.
Thomas StothardDate: 1700-1799Reference: 27545i
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A bride emerging from a sedan chair assisted by two women, set in a palatial residence. Colour woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1847/1850.
Q317736Date: 1847/1850Reference: 36851i
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Liberated threads : black women, style, and the global politics of soul / Tanisha C. Ford.
Tanisha C. FordDate: [2015]
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Two women playing traditional instruments to a listening child, surrounded by the furnishings of a wealthy, traditional home. Colour woodcut by Chikanobu, 1883.
Toyohara ChikanobuDate: 1883Reference: 37186i
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A pleasure house with geisha and two men; a trainee geisha in the foreground plays the shamisen; one man seeks to pour the other a drink. Colour woodcut, 1868.
Date: 1868Reference: 36906i
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Fatima, the wife of the Kahya at Adrianopolis, rises to greet Lady Mary Wortley Montagu while her two daughters remain seated. Stipple engraving by J. Parker after T. Stothard.
Thomas StothardDate: Feb.y 11 1791Reference: 3006311i
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A courtesan promenading under cherry trees of the Yoshiwara, accompanied by her child attendant. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, 1859.
Utagawa YoshitoraDate: 1859Reference: 36642i
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A beautiful young woman being examined by a bald fat doctor. Chromolithograph.
Reference: 15824i
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A naked young woman being massaged by an older man. Reproduction of a drawing, 1932, by J. Hémard.
Q3185105Date: [1932]Reference: 15838i
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A woman and a girl practising the tea ceremony. Colour woodcut by Ginkō, 1887.
Ginkō (Adachi Heishichi), active 1874-1897.Date: 1887Reference: 36747i

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A courtesan promenading under cherry trees of the Yoshiwara, accompanied by her child attendant. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, 1859.

Die Schöuheit des weiblichen Körpers : den Müttern, Ärzten und Künstlern gewidmet / von C.H. Stratz.

A courtesan seated provocatively with her hand on a pillow. Colour woodcut, 1868.

A girl in youthful dress is tying votive slips, on which she has asked for a husband. Colour woodcut by Kunichika, 1872.

A woman with a towel, wearing an overcoat at Tozuka station. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1830/1835.

Over her dead body : death, femininity, and the aesthetic / Elisabeth Bronfen.

An anatomist meditates on the corpse of a beautiful young woman, laid out on a table next to his desk. Lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl after G. C. von Max, 1869.

An ornately dressed girl is carried to a shrine on a man's shoulders, a woman follows her holding her long skirts; there is a sweet seller's stall to the right and a shrine gate to the left. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1860.

Die Schöuheit des weiblichen Körpers : den Müttern, Ärzten und Künstlern gewidmet / von C.H. Stratz ; mit 180 theils farbigen Abbildungen im Text, 5 Tafeln in Heliogravüre un I Tafel in Farbendruck.

A woman in a plain travelling dress with a large hat and cane, at the Yoshida station. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1830/1835.

An elderly anatomist contemplates the heart that he has excised from the corpse of a beautiful, young woman. Photogravure by R. Schuster, 1907, after a painting by E. Simonet, 1890.

A woman has just completed her morning toilet at the Maisaka station. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1830/1835.

A woman in a large travelling hat at Ejiri station. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1830/1835.

A woman placing glowing charcoal in a sand-filled box to provide warmth. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1852.

Beautiful women being carried across a river by porters. Colour woodcut by Kunikiyo I, 1857.

Fatima, the wife of the Kahya at Adrianopolis, rises to greet Lady Mary Wortley Montagu while her two daughters remain seated. Stipple engraving after T. Stothard.

A bride emerging from a sedan chair assisted by two women, set in a palatial residence. Colour woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1847/1850.

Liberated threads : black women, style, and the global politics of soul / Tanisha C. Ford.

Two women playing traditional instruments to a listening child, surrounded by the furnishings of a wealthy, traditional home. Colour woodcut by Chikanobu, 1883.

A pleasure house with geisha and two men; a trainee geisha in the foreground plays the shamisen; one man seeks to pour the other a drink. Colour woodcut, 1868.

Fatima, the wife of the Kahya at Adrianopolis, rises to greet Lady Mary Wortley Montagu while her two daughters remain seated. Stipple engraving by J. Parker after T. Stothard.

A courtesan promenading under cherry trees of the Yoshiwara, accompanied by her child attendant. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, 1859.

A beautiful young woman being examined by a bald fat doctor. Chromolithograph.

A naked young woman being massaged by an older man. Reproduction of a drawing, 1932, by J. Hémard.

A woman and a girl practising the tea ceremony. Colour woodcut by Ginkō, 1887.