「青楼美撰合 初売座敷之図 扇屋 滝川」, Takigawa of the Ōgiya House, from the series A Comparison of Selected Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Seirō bisen awase), Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1794–95, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 14 5/8 in. (37.1 cm); W. 10 in. (25.4 cm), Prints, Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829), Takigawa self-consciously adjusts her hair and clothing in preparation for receiving a customer. Her clothes are of the type a contemporary writer had in mind when describing high-class courtesans wearing “undergarments of white damask and two robes, the underrobe of scarlet and white kanoko shibori [‘fawn spots’] and the outer one of pale
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「青楼美撰合 初売座敷之図 扇屋 滝川」, Takigawa, Ōgiya House, series, Comparison, Selected Beauties, Pleasure Quarters, Seirō bisen awase, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1794–95, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, H, 14 5/8, 37.1 cm, W, 10, 25.4, Prints, Chōbunsai Eishi, Japanese, 1756–1829, Takigawa self-consciously, adjusts, hair, clothing, preparation, receiving, customer, clothes, type, contemporary writer, mind, describing high-class, courtesans, wearing, undergarments, white damask, two robes, underrobe, scarlet kanoko, shibori, ‘fawn, spots, outer, pale
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