Yotsu of the Matsukiyo Brothel Performing as a Shiraby?shi, from the series Sacred Dances in Shinmachi 1841 Goch?tei Sadahiro ????? Goch?tei (or Utagawa Sadahiro I) studied with Utagawa Kunisada in Edo, though by around 1830 was working in Osaka. Though he specialized in Kabuki prints, here he has created an image of a Shinmachi courtesan who is dressed in the costume of a shiraby?shi, female performers who dressed in male courtier’s costume. The title suggests that it was meant to parody a sacred dance performed at the dedication of a Shinto Yotsu of the Matsukiyo Brothel Performing
Yotsu of the Matsukiyo Brothel Performing as a Shiraby?shi, from the series Sacred Dances in Shinmachi 1841 Goch?tei Sadahiro ????? Goch?tei (or Utagawa Sadahiro I) studied with Utagawa Kunisada in Edo, though by around 1830 was working in Osaka. Though he specialized in Kabuki prints, here he has created an image of a Shinmachi courtesan who is dressed in the costume of a shiraby?shi, female performers who dressed in male courtier’s costume. The title suggests that it was meant to parody a sacred dance performed at the dedication of a Shinto Yotsu of the Matsukiyo Brothel Performing as a Shiraby?shi, from the series Sacred Dances in Shinmachi. Goch?tei Sadahiro ????? (Japanese, active ca. 1825–50s). Japan. 1841. Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; vertical ch?ban. Edo period (1615–1868). Prints
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