Courtesan and the Toi Tama river The six Tama rivers (series title), Bus portrait of a courtesan, a poem reading about the Toi Tama river in the province of Settsu, the fan-shaped cartouche in the upper right, in which a view of people near a river, house and pine, also refer to the Toi Tama river, just like the batwood and pine branches in blind print on the background of the print, in the elongated cartouche at the top right a parody in poetic form on the poem in the letter. (bijinga), Kitagawa Utamaro (mentioned on object), 1795 - 1800, paper, colour woodcut, h 376 mm ⊙ w 246 mm.