Courtesan or Actor as Courtesan Pouring Tea by the Light of a Lantern, Edo period (1615?1868), Japan, Monochrome woodblock print; ink on paper, H. 10 1/2 in. (26. 7 cm) ; W. 7 7/16 in. (18. 9 cm), Prints, Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769?1825), Though Tokugawa sumptuary laws extended to a courtesan's bedding (yagu), this item became progressively more lavish in the eighteenth century. A contemporary writer has described embroidered futons and black silk velvet sleeping robes (yogi) lined with red crepe and padded with finest cotton