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painting, panel
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English: Painting, hanging scroll, mounted on panel. Formal procession of a grand Yoshiwara courtesan to a teahouse or house of assignation (ageya-in), accompanied by two apprentices, girl and boy attendants, and elderly couple; on teahouse platform, another courtesan chats with teahouse waitress, two geishas prepare shamisen and hand-drum, and professional jester is offered sake by second waitress; at far right, a patron smokes a pipe; cherry tree at far left. Ink, colour and gold on silk. With extensive repairs. Signed and sealed.
Date 1780s(late)
Medium silk
medium QS:P186,Q37681
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Height: 63.40 centimetres
Width: 105 centimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Asia
Accession number
1980,1222,0.1
Notes This impressive painting, one of the most important by Shuncho- so far discovered, shows the formal procession of a grand courtesan (centre) as she comes from the brothel on a side street to one of the so-called ‘assignation teahouses’ (ageya) that faced onto Naka-no-cho-, the central boulevard in Yoshiwara pleasure quarter. Seated in the teahouse, on the far right, at the back of the party room, is the wealthy client who gazes out at the courtesan and her retinue, which must have appeared to him like the descent to earth of some Buddhist deity and heavenly host. In reality, they are the teenage apprentices (shinzo- ) of the courtesan, her child servants (kamuro), and the brothel owner and his wife. On the far left is one of the blossoming cherry trees that were artificially transplanted each spring to line Naka-no-cho- boulevard. Clustered around the client in the teahouse are female geisha (performers) with musical instruments, a male raconteur (ho-kan) being offered a cup of sake and a second courtesan seated at the edge of the verandah. A client was expected to entertain lavishly on at least three occasions before he could hope to become intimate with one of the high-ranked Yoshiwara courtesans. [TC]
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1980-1222-0-1
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