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Editorial
- 2023-06-15
- 1
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Editorial
- 2023-05-02
- 1
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Editorial
- 2023-05-02
- 1
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Editorial
- 2023-05-02
- 7
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Editorial Daimonguchi entrance gate and Nakanocho in Yoshiwara pleasure quarters with samurai and courtesans and maid (kamuro). Water barrel and buckets labeled Daimonguchi. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of...
- 2022-07-22
- 1
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Editorial Samurai and servant, courtesans and merchants in the pleasure quarters. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2022-07-22
- 1
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Editorial Courtesan treating a woman with moxibustion, burning moxa (mugwort) on her skin. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2022-07-22
- 1
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Editorial Courtesan and customer sharing a tobacco pipe on a teahouse verandah as a bookseller walks by in the pleasure quarters. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2022-07-22
- 1
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Editorial Two kamuro maids try to drag two samurai to their courtesan mistresses. Scene in Yoshiwara pleasure quarters. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2022-07-22
- 1
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Editorial Courtesans playing shamisen and dancing in Kyomachi, Yoshiwara. They sit outside a barred teahouse in the pleasure quarters. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa ...
- 2020-12-01
- 1
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Editorial Oiran courtesans and maid (kamuro) walking in the pleasure quarters. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2020-12-01
- 1
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Editorial Courtesans relaxing by writing poetry in the pleasure quarters. Woodblock print by Moronobu Hishikawa (1618-1694) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2020-09-28
- 1
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Editorial Courtesans painting a large sumi-e (ink-wash painting). A samurai customer watches, and a kamuro maid prepares the ink. Woodblock print by Moronobu Hishikawa (1618-1694) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2020-09-28
- 1
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Editorial The coming of age of a kamuro (kaburo genpuku no tei). Maids help a girl kamuro as she becomes a courtesan: sewing kimono, dressing her hair and fixing her obi. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of th...
- 2020-09-28
- 1
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Editorial Courtesans relaxing by writing poetry and smoking tobacco pipes in the pleasure quarters. A kamuro maid holds an ashtray. Woodblock print by Moronobu Hishikawa (1618-1694) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1...
- 2020-09-28
- 1
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Editorial Samurai customer with kamuro walking past two shamisen players in the pleasure quarters. Woodblock print by Moronobu Hishikawa (1618-1694) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2020-09-28
- 1
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Editorial Oiran courtesans and maid (kamuro) walking in the pleasure quarters. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2020-09-28
- 1
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Editorial Courtesans relaxing by writing a letter and playing shamisen in front of a folding screen in the pleasure quarters. Mitate of Matsukaze and Murasame. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Tra...
- 2020-09-28
- 1
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Editorial Three samurai listen to a courtesan play the shamisen, as a kamuro brings food on a tray. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2020-09-28
- 1
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Editorial Samurai walk past courtesans in barred teahouses, a courtesan entertains a customer upstairs, and a man with a lantern guides a couple in the street. Scene in Kyomachi Yoshiwara. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Pi...
- 2019-02-22
- 1
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Editorial The artist Masanobu Okumura in glasses signing his name to a folding-screen painting while a courtesan passes a letter to a samurai. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprin...
- 2019-02-22
- 3
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Editorial Samurai crossing the river (at Akasaka Mitsuke) in a boat on the way to the Yoshiwara pleasure quarters. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2019-02-22
- 1
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Editorial Customer and courtesan with maid (kamuro) being led by a servant holding a lantern in the pleasure quarters. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2019-02-22
- 2
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Editorial Oiran courtesan having her hair treated with perfumed oil by a kamuro outside a barred shopfront in the pleasure quarters. Another maid brings a letter. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water ...
- 2019-02-22
- 2
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Editorial The coming of age of a kamuro (kaburo genpuku no tei). Maids help a girl kamuro as she becomes a courtesan: sewing kimono, dressing her hair and fixing her obi. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of th...
- 2019-02-22
- 2
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Editorial Courtesan entertaining a customer by playing the shamisen in the pleasure quarters. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2019-02-22
- 2
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Editorial Courtesans and kamuro maids playing a game of karuta (cards) with a customer in the pleasure quarters. Woodblock print by Moronobu Hishikawa (1618-1694) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2019-02-22
- 1
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Editorial Three oiran courtesans in kimono following a customer in the pleasure quarters. Woodblock print by Moronobu Hishikawa (1618-1694) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2019-02-22
- 2
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Editorial Oiran courtesans dancing before a large folding screen. Woodblock print by Moronobu Hishikawa (1618-1694) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2019-02-22
- 1
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Editorial Courtesans dancing and playing sugoroku (Japanese backgammon) with a customer in the pleasure quarters. Woodblock print by Moronobu Hishikawa (1618-1694) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2019-02-22
- 1
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Editorial Courtesans relaxing by writing poetry and smoking tobacco pipes in the pleasure quarters. A kamuro maid holds an ashtray. Woodblock print by Moronobu Hishikawa (1618-1694) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2019-02-22
- 3
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Editorial Samurai customer with kamuro walking past two shamisen players in the pleasure quarters. Woodblock print by Moronobu Hishikawa (1618-1694) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2019-02-22
- 3
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Editorial Samurai receiving a letter from a courtesan in the pleasure quarters. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2019-02-22
- 2
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Editorial Street scene showing samurai and tradesmen on the road to the pleasure quarters at Daimon-zaka. Yoshiwara dote. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2019-02-22
- 1
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Editorial Oiran courtesans and maid (kamuro) walking in the pleasure quarters. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2019-02-22
- 1
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Editorial Miasma (Sawaki no tei), with three courtesans in the pleasure quarters of Yoshiwara. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2019-02-22
- 2
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Editorial Courtesans relaxing by writing a letter and playing shamisen in front of a folding screen in the pleasure quarters. Mitate of Matsukaze and Murasame. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Tra...
- 2019-02-22
- 1
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Editorial Two men and a kamuro walking past a teahouse in Yoshiwara Nichome. Inside the barred resthouse, two courtesans play shamisen and wait for customers. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trad...
- 2019-02-22
- 1
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Editorial Samurai in a sedan chair, courtesans and tradesmen walking in Yoshiwara. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2019-02-22
- 1
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Editorial Courtesans relaxing by reading books in front of a large folding screen. Woodblock print by Moronobu Hishikawa (1618-1694) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2019-02-22
- 1
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Editorial Oiran courtesan watching a trial of strength between her kamuro (maid) and Kinpira the famous strong man. A jug of sake and drinking bowl in front. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade...
- 2019-02-22
- 2
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Editorial Courtesan playing a shamisen for customers Fukurokuju and Daikokuten of the Seven Lucky Gods. A maid stands on Daikokuten's back to put a table and sake bottles on Fukurokuju's head. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono...
- 2019-02-22
- 1
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Editorial Free Spirits Among Streams and Mountains. Date/Period: 1684. Emakimono; hand scrolls. Ink on paper. Height: 33.02 mm (1.30 in); Width: 238.28 mm (9.38 in).
- 2019-02-01
- 1
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Editorial Japanese musicians. Taishokkan. 17th century. A Japanese emakimono (picture scroll), relating an episode in the life of the 7th century statesman Fujiwara no Kamatari. Image taken from Taishokkan. Originally published/produced in 17th century. . Sour...
- 2018-12-06
- 1
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Editorial Chinese musicians. Taishokkan. 17th century. A Japanese emakimono (picture scroll), relating an episode in the life of the 7th century statesman Fujiwara no Kamatari. Image taken from Taishokkan. Originally published/produced in 17th century. . Sourc...
- 2018-12-06
- 1
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Editorial A sea-monster/dragon. Taishokkan. 17th century. A Japanese emakimono (picture scroll), relating an episode in the life of the 7th century statesman Fujiwara no Kamatari. Image taken from Taishokkan. Originally published/produced in 17th century. . So...
- 2018-12-06
- 1
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Editorial Chinese envoys in a boat. Taishokkan. 17th century. A Japanese emakimono (picture scroll), relating an episode in the life of the 7th century statesman Fujiwara no Kamatari. Image taken from Taishokkan. Originally published/produced in 17th century. ...
- 2018-12-06
- 1
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Editorial Women in sea. Taishokkan. 17th century. A Japanese emakimono (picture scroll), relating an episode in the life of the 7th century statesman Fujiwara no Kamatari. Image taken from Taishokkan. Originally published/produced in 17th century. . Source: Or...
- 2018-12-06
- 1
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Editorial Man riding near pagoda. Taishokkan. 17th century. A Japanese emakimono (picture scroll), relating an episode in the life of the 7th century statesman Fujiwara no Kamatari. Image taken from Taishokkan. Originally published/produced in 17th century. . ...
- 2018-12-06
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Editorial A dragon and woman diver. Taishokkan. 17th century. A Japanese emakimono (picture scroll), relating an episode in the life of the 7th century statesman Fujiwara no Kamatari. Image taken from Taishokkan. Originally published/produced in 17th century. ...
- 2018-12-06
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Editorial Japanese pavilion. Taishokkan. 17th century. A Japanese emakimono (picture scroll), relating an episode in the life of the 7th century statesman Fujiwara no Kamatari. Image taken from Taishokkan. Originally published/produced in 17th century. . Sourc...
- 2018-12-06
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Editorial Free Spirits Among Streams and Mountains. Date/Period: 1684. Emakimono; hand scrolls. Ink on paper. Height: 33.02 mm (1.30 in); Width: 238.28 mm (9.38 in).
- 2018-10-11
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Editorial Samurai walk past courtesans in barred teahouses, a courtesan entertains a customer upstairs, and a man with a lantern guides a couple in the street. Scene in Kyomachi Yoshiwara. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Pi...
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial The artist Masanobu Okumura in glasses signing his name to a folding-screen painting while a courtesan passes a letter to a samurai. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprin...
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial Samurai crossing the river (at Akasaka Mitsuke) in a boat on the way to the Yoshiwara pleasure quarters. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial Customer and courtesan with maid (kamuro) being led by a servant holding a lantern in the pleasure quarters. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial Oiran courtesan having her hair treated with perfumed oil by a kamuro outside a barred shopfront in the pleasure quarters. Another maid brings a letter. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water ...
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial The coming of age of a kamuro (kaburo genpuku no tei). Maids help a girl kamuro as she becomes a courtesan: sewing kimono, dressing her hair and fixing her obi. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of th...
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial Courtesan entertaining a customer by playing the shamisen in the pleasure quarters. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial Courtesans and kamuro maids playing a game of karuta (cards) with a customer in the pleasure quarters. Woodblock print by Moronobu Hishikawa (1618-1694) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial Three oiran courtesans in kimono following a customer in the pleasure quarters. Woodblock print by Moronobu Hishikawa (1618-1694) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial Oiran courtesans dancing before a large folding screen. Woodblock print by Moronobu Hishikawa (1618-1694) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial Courtesans dancing and playing sugoroku (Japanese backgammon) with a customer in the pleasure quarters. Woodblock print by Moronobu Hishikawa (1618-1694) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial Courtesans relaxing by writing poetry and smoking tobacco pipes in the pleasure quarters. A kamuro maid holds an ashtray. Woodblock print by Moronobu Hishikawa (1618-1694) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial Samurai customer with kamuro walking past two shamisen players in the pleasure quarters. Woodblock print by Moronobu Hishikawa (1618-1694) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial Samurai receiving a letter from a courtesan in the pleasure quarters. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial Street scene showing samurai and tradesmen on the road to the pleasure quarters at Daimon-zaka. Yoshiwara dote. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial Oiran courtesans and maid (kamuro) walking in the pleasure quarters. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial Two men and a kamuro walking past a teahouse in Yoshiwara Nichome. Inside the barred resthouse, two courtesans play shamisen and wait for customers. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trad...
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial Miasma (Sawaki no tei), with three courtesans in the pleasure quarters of Yoshiwara. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial Courtesans relaxing by writing a letter and playing shamisen in front of a folding screen in the pleasure quarters. Mitate of Matsukaze and Murasame. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Tra...
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial Samurai in a sedan chair, courtesans and tradesmen walking in Yoshiwara. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial Courtesans relaxing by reading books in front of a large folding screen. Woodblock print by Moronobu Hishikawa (1618-1694) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial Oiran courtesan watching a trial of strength between her kamuro (maid) and Kinpira the famous strong man. A jug of sake and drinking bowl in front. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade...
- 2018-08-02
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Editorial Courtesan playing a shamisen for customers Fukurokuju and Daikokuten of the Seven Lucky Gods. A maid stands on Daikokuten's back to put a table and sake bottles on Fukurokuju's head. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono...
- 2018-08-02
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