Bust portrait of the courtesan Shinowara from the Tsuruya house. Tsuruya uchi Shinowara (title on object) The seven Komachi from the pleasure houses (series title) Seiro nana Komachi (series title on object), Bust portrait of courtesan, stabbing a pen in her hair, against yellow background. In addition to the print title, the names of her two kamuro (youngest helpers of a courtesan): Shinobu and Utano. (bijinga), courtesan, hetaera, Kitagawa Utamaro (mentioned on object), Japan, 1795 - 1800, paper, colour woodcut, h 364 mm ⊙ w 254 mm.