A Tayu
Artist
Keisai Eisen 渓斉 英泉
(Japanese, 1790–1848)
Dateabout 1830
Mediumwoodblock print
Dimensions21 x 18.4 cm (8 1/4 x 7 1/4 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Terms
Object number1901.59.1953
DescriptionIn the latter years of the 18th and the 1st half of the 19th c., Yoshiwara women ofthe highest class were call tayu. The woman here depicted is attired in extravagant finer and has eight wooden kanzashi (hairpins) in her coiffure. She is seated near a screen upon which is a painting of Mt. Fuji with its winter covering of snow. In her handOn View
Not on view
Keisai Eisen 渓斉 英泉
about 1830
