Woman Leaving a Bath House (from the series Pictures from…

Utagawa Kunisada • 1820

Woman Leaving a Bath House (from the series Pictures from Otsu), 1820

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The image of a horse emerging from a gourd in the upper-right corner alludes to the story of the Daoist immortal Chokaro. It was a popular subject of otsu-e folk paintings.