Number four: the gate decorations of Togaeri from Matsubaya Yon - Kadokazara no Matsubaya uchi Togaeri The Nakanochô for the Hisakataya poetry association (series title) Hisakataya Nakanochô (series title on object), Togaeri, a high ranking courtesan from the Matsubaya house, walks with two maids (kamuro) along New Year's decorations in Nakanochô, the main street of Yoshiwara, the pleasure district of Edo (present-day Tokyo). The 'gate decorations' refer to the traditional New Year decorations, seen in the background: bamboo and pine branches with fern leaves. With two poems. This is the fourth page (vrnl) of a five-part, on which high-standing courtesans (oiran) from the various houses from the Yoshiwara are depicted, courtesan, hetaera, Yashima Gakutei (mentioned on object), Japan, c. 1827, paper, colour woodcut, h 208 mm × w 184 mm
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