EditorialPart of a triptych: 'The Fox Forfeit Game', Kikugana Eizan, Woodblock print in colored ink on paper, Modesty decorated this woman kneels before us. Just in front of her feet lay a booklet suggesting that she is about to read to us a set of poems. A liv...
EditorialFashionable people playing the parlour game of Bridge of Love. "For this forfeit, the man kneels on the floor and the lady who nominated him sits on his back. He carries her around in a circle, and must stop before all the knights, to allow them to use...
EditorialFashionable people playing the parlour game of the candlestick base. "For a forfeit, one fool kisses a candlestick base which drips hot wax on a woman on a sofa. While another man holds a candlestick over a girl's head, thus transforming her into a can...