Zashiki no yūjo to kamuro – Historic Print
![Zashiki no yūjo to kamuro, [between 1764 and 1772] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a3/a35428d01861-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic print captures Zashiki no yūjo to kamuro in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Zashiki no yūjo to kamuro
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A courtesan and her young attendant, called a kamuro, share a moment in a zashiki, or tatami parlor, in this vertical chūban woodcut. Kamuro were girls apprenticed to high-ranking courtesans in the pleasure quarters, where they served their mistress while learning dance, music and etiquette. Color woodcuts of this size, printed in the 1760s and early 1770s, let Edo artists turn scenes like this into affordable images of fashionable life. The record classes the print under domestic life in Japan during 1760 to 1780, so its interest lies in the intimate setting and the relationship between the two figures.
| Created / published | [between 1764 and 1772] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : woodcut, color ; 27.9 x 20.5 cm. |
| Genre | organized by the Library of Congress, 2001. |
| Notes | Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Vertical Chuban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress). Published in: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e ... / essays by Sandy Kita .... New York ..., 2001, no. 9, p. 23. Exhibited: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows |
| Subjects | Domestic life--Japan--1760-1780. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,591 × 4,472 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221858 |
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