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==Works==

==Works==

Only two books are known which list Katsushika Ôi as their illustrator. One is an [[1847]] edition of an earlier encyclopedia edited by Takai Ranzan and entitled ''E-iri nichiyô onna chôhô-ki'' ("Illustrated Handbook for Daily Life for Women").

Only two books are known which list Katsushika Ôi as their illustrator. One is an [[1847]] edition of an earlier encyclopedia edited by Takai Ranzan and entitled ''E-iri nichiyô onna chôhô-ki'' ("Illustrated Handbook for Daily Life for Women"). The other, ''Sencha tebiki no tane'' ("A Concise Dictionary of [[Sencha]]"), published the following year.

 

"Night Scene in the Yoshiwara" is perhaps the most famous of Ôi's paintings. The small painting, about 40cm wide, depicts the frontage of a [[Yoshiwara]] [[chaya|teahouse]], identified as the Izumi-ya. Unlike the majority of traditional Japanese paintings, "Night Scene in the Yoshiwara" extensively employs techniques of light and shadow, as light emanates from lanterns, and from within the teahouse, illuminating some elements and leaving the rest in shadow. The artist hides her signature cleverly within the image, writing the characters ''O'', ''i'', and ''ei'' on three separate lanterns.

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