Courtesan or Actor as Courtesan Pouring Tea by the Light of a Lantern, Utagawa Toyokuni I

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Courtesan or Actor as Courtesan Pouring Tea by the Light of a Lantern, Edo period (1615–1868), Japan, Monochrome woodblock print; ink on paper, H. 10 1/2 in. ( cm); W. 7 7/16 in. ( cm), Prints, Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825), Though Tokugawa sumptuary laws extended to a courtesan's bedding (yagu), this item became progressively more lavish in the eighteenth century. A contemporary writer has described embroidered futons and black silk velvet sleeping robes (yogi) lined with red crepe and padded with finest cotton

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