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Color woodcut: a seated woman sees a skeleton reflected in an ornate mirror while two demons peer over her shoulder.

Courtesan Sees a Skeleton in the Mirror, Two Demons Watching

A color woodcut shows a seated woman in a dark kimono gazing into an ornate mirror, where her reflection has become a skeleton. Two red and green demons crouch behind her, peering over her shoulder against a pale blue ground, with a vertical inscription and red seal at right.

Artist
Yoshitoshi
Date
[between 1870 and 1879]
Medium
Humorous pictures Woodcuts Mokuhanga
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2186 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1879.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Anatomy and Medicine19th centuryukiyo-e1870svanitascolour woodcutmirrorskeletondemonsmokuhangajapanese woodcutcourtesanhumorous printyoshitoshi

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