6437502 Courtesan Shiratama from the Tamaya brothel, 1843 (woodblock on paper) by Verbruggen, Gaspar Pieter II (1664-1730); 36x25.8 cm; Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery, Kent, UK; (add.info.: Part of a triptych, each with one elaborately dressed courtesan against an identical background of a red and green bamboo fence behind which are, on each print, a lamp standard, and a roofed notice board, each with 3 differing characters. A flowering cherry tree appears in each print as additional background to the courtesan, and identical yellow-flowering shrubs seen over the fence. Courtesan has outer kimono with a huge dragon design, and obi with blue and white circular design, each circle with a fern leaf motif on grey ground. Publisher: Ezakiya Kichibei. Kiwame seal.); 穢 Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery.