By HIROMI SAITO/ Staff Writer
January 16, 2020 at 08:00 JST
Isoda Koryusai’s ukiyo-e featuring an “oiran” courtesan and a “kamuro” maid-attendant was exhibited in the permanent gallery in December. There is an inscription by scholar Motoori Norinaga under the pseudonym of “Suzunoya no Oji.” (Housed by the Kawasaki Isago no Sato Museum)
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