Licensed Quarter of Yoshiwara, No. 12 from the book Elegant Erotic Mane'emon (Fūryū enshoku Mane'emon), vol. 1

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Licensed Quarter of Yoshiwara, No. 12 from the book Elegant Erotic Mane'emon (Fūryū enshoku Mane'emon), vol. 1

Suzuki Harunobu; Author: Komatsuya Hyakki; Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi

Date
c. 1768–70
Medium
Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
Department
Asian Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art

In the Kitsugen quarters of the Yurikoku (the land of pleasure), the famous onnagata (female role) actor Segawa Kikunojo II (1741-1773) sits on a verandah while reaching through the folds of a young shinzo (apprentice prostitute) under the displeased gaze of her mentor at the left; Mane’emon watches the encounter and breaks wind to add to the scent of the cherry blossoms. Japan, Asia

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