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Number Five: The First Writing of the New Year by Hitofude from the Tamaya
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Hitofude, a high-ranking courtesan from the Tamaya house, parading with her maid (kamuro) and apprentice courtesan (shinzo) through Nakanochô, the main street of the pleasure quarter Yoshiwara in Edo (current Tokyo). With two poems. The left sheet of a five-panel print, where high-ranking courtesans (oiran) from the different houses of the Yoshiwara are depicted.
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Credit lineNummer vijf: Het eerste schrijven van het nieuwe jaar door Hitofude uit het Tamaya. c. 1827. Yashima Gakutei. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
