Accession number: 1966. 202. 7
display artist: toyohara chikanobu
display title: kiyomasa kneeling next to women he rescued from the burning fushimi castle
series title: contest of eastern brocades of day and night
suite name: azuma nishikie yoru kurabe
creation date: 1886
height: 13 1/8 in. Width: 9 1/8 in. Display dimensions: 13 1/8 in. X 9 1/8 in. (33. 34 cm x 23. 18 cm)
publisher: maruya tetsujiro
credit line: gift of dr. Paul s. Anderson
label copy: "each courtesan is named on the prints. At the left, holding a book, is hanado. Next, tamino adjusts a hairpin, and in the center hanazome grinds ink and clutches a calligraphy brush in her teeth for writing on the scroll she holds in her left hand. Hashidate looks over to the courtesan takihashi in the print on the right, who holds a long tobacco pipe. Each womans sumptuous kimono is secured by an obi that is tied in front, as is customary for prostitutes of all rank. "
label copy (spanish): "estas cinco oiran un trmino que se refiere al rango ms alto de prostituta eran famosas en su poca, no slo por su elegancia y sofisticacin, tambin porque la duea del burdel era una figura famosa e influyente en la ciudad. El burdel se llamaba ogiya, que significa casa del abanico. "
collection: <a href="http://www. Sdmart. Org/art/our-collection/asian-art" rel="nofollow">the san diego museum of art</a>.
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