Yoshiwara Prostitute, from Selections from the Brocade Quarter (E-awase kingaishō), c. 1815
Kikukawa Eizanexpand_more
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paperexpand_more
The William Hood Dunwoody Fund, the Louis W. Hill, Jr. Fund, gift of funds from the Asian Art Affinity Group, and the Japanese Art Miscellaneous Purchase Fundexpand_more 2014.65.2.9
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A ranking prostitute in gorgeous robes contends with an indecisive customer grasping her lower leg. He dallies while he contemplates his options: "An oiran looks good from either the side or the front...perhaps today, let's make it the side." She grows impatient: "Don't say such useless, foolish thing; hurry up and come inside." The poem on the lantern at left reads: "The wind of the fan Parts the mist The hollyhock s in the valley Beautiful to the eye."
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- Title
- Yoshiwara Prostitute, from Selections from the Brocade Quarter (E-awase kingaishō)
- Artist Life
- 1787 - 1867
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2014.65.2.9
- Curator Approved
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