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Japan: The celebrated beauty Toto Shin, a yobidashi or highest ranking Yoshiwara courtesan, ukiyo-e by Utagawa Kunisada, Edo (Tokyo), c. 1820-1825
A yobidashi is a Yoshiwara top-ranked prostitute. tortoise shell is very lightweight, but she is wearing so many combs and hairpins in her hair that it makes them look heavy. Her kimono also has a foreign flavor with its stripes and calico strips.
Utagawa Kunisada (1786 - January 12, 1865), also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III) was the most popular, prolific and financially successful In his own time, his reputation far exceeded that of his contemporaries, Hokusai, Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi. In his own time, his reputation far exceeded that of his contemporaries, Hokusai, Hiroshige, and Kuniyoshi.
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