Courtesan and Two Attendants on New Year's Day, 花魁と禿の初詣図, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1780s, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink, color

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Courtesan and Two Attendants on New Year's Day, 花魁と禿の初詣図, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1780s, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on paper, Image: 33 11/16 × 13 11/16 in. ( × cm), Paintings, Isoda Koryūsai (Japanese, 1735–ca. 1790), A young courtesan dressed in spring finery decorated with plum blossoms and fan motifs promenades with two of her girl attendants called kamuro, bedecked in matching garments. The obi sash tied in front indicates that she is a courtesan of the pleasure quarters since such knots were easier to unravel than those tied behind, as was the custom for most women

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