Number Five: The First Writing of the New Year by Hitofude from Tamaya, Yashima Gakutei, c. 1827
"Hitofude, a high-ranking courtesan from the Tamaya house, parades with her maid (kamuro) and apprentice courtesan (shinzo) through Nakanochô, the main street of the pleasure district of Yoshiwara in Edo (present-day Tokyo). With two poems. The left page of a five-panel, depicting high-ranking courtesans (oiran) from the various houses of the Yoshiwara."
"A surimono is a luxurious print in which an image is combined with one or more poems. When printing a surimono, thicker paper, blind embossing and metal pigments, such as copper and silver powder were often used. The prints were often commissioned by poets created and given as exclusive gifts to friends and relations."
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
color woodcut
ukiyo-e
Legacy of J.A. Bierens de Haan, Amsterdam
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