Catalog record · 目録番号 56109
Moatside Prostitute (Kashi)
Catalog note / 解説
Date: Originally published by Ise-Mago, c.1794-95. Documentation: See page 94 of Volume 1, and page 146 of Volume 2, The Passionate Art of Kitagawa Utamaro, by Shugo Asano and Timothy Clark, Chiba City/London, 1995. Page 343 (#701) of Images From the Floating World, by Richard Lane, 1978, Dorsett 1982, among many others. This is one of Utamaro's most documented images. A prostitute from one of the small brothels known as Kashi-mise (moatside brothels), after their location in Yoshiwara next to the culvets on the east and west edges of the Quarter and in Fushimi-cho. The price for engaging one of these women could be 1 bu (one quarter of a gold ryo), but was more often 2 shu (half a bu, or 5…
Image record / 画像情報
MFA · 1794-95 · mfa
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