Minneapolis Institute of Art
Courtesan with Two Attendants
Isoda Koryūsai
- Date
- second half 18th century
- Medium
- Hanging scroll (nikuhitsu), ink and color on paper
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
The two girls are kamuro , young attendants of high-class prostitutes. They are trainees and will ultimately become prostitutes themselves, the debut of whom was always an important event in the pleasure quarters. In the back is a kadomatsu , literally “gate pine, ” a traditional New Year’s decoration made of pine, bamboo, and sprigs of flowering plum trees. Japan, Asia
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