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- Museum number
- 1931,0513,0.7
- Title
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Object: Echizenya-uchi Morokoshi
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Series: Hinagata Wakana no Hatsumoyo
- Description
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Woodblock print. The courtesan Morokoshi of the Echizenya holding small boy above head,+ young attendant (kamuro).
- Production date
- 1775 (circa)
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- Curator's comments
- Children born to Yoshiwara courtesans might be raised as male servants or apprentice courtesans. The child servants ('kamuro') of courtesans were generally girls aged from about 7 to 13. The earliest designs in the series are thought to be a group of some 11 sheets issued jointly by the publishers Nishimuraya and Tsutaya. The series is highly significant for many reasons:depicting the shift in fashion to the wide 'lantern-locks' hairstyle; the large size of the paper (which became standard); the inclusion of each courtesan's name; and the inclusion of a publisher's mark on each design. (Label copy, TTC 1997)
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1931
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1931,0513,0.7
