Wisteria: the courtesan Nokaze from Southern Matsuzakaya. Minami no kata Matsuzakaya uchi Nokaze, Fuji (title on object) Beauties from the flowing world, poems on flowers Ukiyo bijin, hana ni yoseru (series title on object), Courtesan, standing by bed behind a screen with a painting of tree with blossom, looking at sitting kamuro with shamisen in right hand, in the background a basket hanging on the wall with blooming blue rain. Poem in cloud-shaped cartouche along entire top. Suzuki Harunobu (mentioned on object), Japan, 1767 - 1771, paper, colour woodcut, h 286 mm ⊙ w 212 mm.