Prostitute Plucking Daruma's Beard, first half 19th century, Inoue Setsuzan, Japanese, active early 19th century, 42 1/2 × 22 9/16 in. ( × cm) (image)79 1/8 × 27 7/8 in. ( × cm) (without roller), Ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century, The prostitute is plucking the beard of Bodhidharma, known in Japan as Daruma, the founder of Zen Buddhism. Reversing the sacred and the profane in a kind of parody was a favorite motif during the Edo period—in Edo slang, to 'pull out one’s nose hair' implied a man enslaved by a woman. An especially popular theme

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