Parading Courtesan late 18th century Painting and Inscription by Momokawa Shik? ???? A magnificently attired woman pauses to adjust one of the hairpins keeping in place her double-bunned hy?go-mage hairstyle (so-called because it originated with Hy?go courtesans in western Japan). Her array of hair ornaments and the elaborate layers of her richly colored robes declare her to be an oiran, or a highly ranked courtesan of the Yoshiwara pleasure quarters. The inscription in the space above her is a sermon by the Rinzai Zen priest Takuan S?h? (1573–1645), translated and explicated in the Catalogue
Parading Courtesan late 18th century Painting and Inscription by Momokawa Shik? ???? A magnificently attired woman pauses to adjust one of the hairpins keeping in place her double-bunned hy?go-mage hairstyle (so-called because it originated with Hy?go courtesans in western Japan). Her array of hair ornaments and the elaborate layers of her richly colored robes declare her to be an oiran, or a highly ranked courtesan of the Yoshiwara pleasure quarters. The inscription in the space above her is a sermon by the Rinzai Zen priest Takuan S?h? (1573–1645), translated and explicated in the Catalogue Entry below).. Parading Courtesan. Painting and Inscription by Momokawa Shik? ???? (Japanese, active late 18th– early 19th century). Japan. late 18th century. Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk. Edo period (1615–1868). Paintings
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