Tag: Prostitution

Night Rain at Yoshiwara, from the Eight Famous Views in Edo series by Ippitsusai Bunchō (1772-81)

Night Rain at Yoshiwara, from the Eight Famous Views in Edo series by Ippitsusai Bunchō (1772-81)

Kinshū of Yotsume-ya, from the Hinagata-Wakana-no-Hatsumoyō (New Year Fasion Designs) series by Isoda Koryūsai (1772-89)

Kinshū of Yotsume-ya, from the Hinagata-Wakana-no-Hatsumoyō (New Year Fasion Designs) series by Isoda Koryūsai (1772-89)

Kayoiji of Echizen-ya, from the Hinagata-Wakana-no-Hatsumoyō (New Year Fashion Designs) series by Isoda Koryūsai (1772-89)

Kayoiji of Echizen-ya, from the Hinagata-Wakana-no-Hatsumoyō (New Year Fashion Designs) series by Isoda Koryūsai (1772-89)

The Courtesan Matsukaze of Õgi-ya at Edo-chō 1-chōme by Komai Yoshinobu (1770)

The Courtesan Matsukaze of Õgi-ya at Edo-chō 1-chōme by Komai Yoshinobu (1770)

A Parading Courtesan by Suzuki Harunobu (1764-72)

A Parading Courtesan by Suzuki Harunobu (1764-72)

Two Beauties Reading a Letter Beside a Panel by Suzuki Harunobu (1764-72)

Two Beauties Reading a Letter Beside a Panel by Suzuki Harunobu (1764-72)

A Banquet Beside Water by Miyagawa Chōshun (circa 1704-16)

A Banquet Beside Water by Miyagawa Chōshun (circa 1704-16)

Thirty-Two Daily Scenes: “Looks Sleepy” Mannerisms of a Courtesan in the Meiji Period by Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (1888)

Thirty-Two Daily Scenes: “Looks Sleepy” Mannerisms of a Courtesan in the Meiji Period by Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (1888)

Thirty-Two Daily Scenes: “Looks Eager to Meet Somebody” Mannerisms of a Prostitute of the Kaei Period by Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (1888)

Thirty-Two Daily Scenes: “Looks Eager to Meet Somebody” Mannerisms of a Prostitute of the Kaei Period by Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (1888)

Thirty-Two Daily Scenes: “Looks Delicious” Mannerisms of a Courtesan from the Kaei Period by Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (1888)

Thirty-Two Daily Scenes: “Looks Delicious” Mannerisms of a Courtesan from the Kaei Period by Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (1888)

Thirty-Two Daily Scenes: “Looks Graceful” Mannerisms of a Beautiful Woman from the Tenpo Period by Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (1888)

Thirty-Two Daily Scenes: “Looks Graceful” Mannerisms of a Beautiful Woman from the Tenpo Period by Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (1888)

Thirty-Two Daily Scenes: “Looks Painful” Mannerisms of a Courtesan from the Kansei Period by Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (1888)

Thirty-Two Daily Scenes: “Looks Painful” Mannerisms of a Courtesan from the Kansei Period by Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (1888)

A Beautiful Woman Under the Japanese Apricot by Kitano Tsunetomi (circa 1933)

A Beautiful Woman Under the Japanese Apricot by Kitano Tsunetomi (circa 1933)

Portrait of a Beauty by Kitano Tsunetomi

Portrait of a Beauty by Kitano Tsunetomi

The King of Hell Enma and the Hell Courtesan by Kawanabe Kyōsai

The King of Hell Enma and the Hell Courtesan by Kawanabe Kyōsai

Beauty Holding a Cat by Kawanabe Kyōsai

Beauty Holding a Cat by Kawanabe Kyōsai

Banquet at Yoshiwara by Kawanabe Kyōsai

Banquet at Yoshiwara by Kawanabe Kyōsai

The Paradise Courtesan Gokuraku Dayû by Kawanabe Kyōsai

The Paradise Courtesan Gokuraku Dayû by Kawanabe Kyōsai