Minneapolis Institute of Art
Yoshiwara Courtesan, from Selections from the Brocade Quarter (E-awase kingaishō)
Kikukawa Eizan
- Date
- c. 1815
- Medium
- Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
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. Japan, Asia
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