Woodblock print fragment: a standing woman in a dark robe above a pale wavy form, and a sleeping woman in a blue kimono at the bottom.

Dreaming Courtesan, woodblock print fragment

A narrow vertical woodblock print fragment shows a standing woman in a dark robe at the top, holding a small object, beside a pale wavy form that drifts down across a patterned lattice background. Below, a sleeping woman in a blue kimono with hair ornaments lies on white bedding beside a red patterned cloth.

Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige (I) (mentioned on object)
Date: 1845-1850
Medium
Source: Rijksmuseum
Size: 1804 × 4000 px

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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1850.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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