Showing posts with label Geisha. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Geisha. Show all posts

Saturday, 24 March 2018

108 - Shunsen: Geisha entertaining a client at a teahouse garden


Ukiyo-e. Shunsen.
Shunsen: Geisha entertaining a client at a teahouse garden

Here is a scene from Japan at the time, Geisha entertaining a client at a teahouse garden, by Katsukawa Shunsen. This work is from the first decade of the 1800s.


Saturday, 16 September 2017

81 - Shigemasa: Servant Applying Medicinal Substance to Geisha's Arm


Ukiyo-e. Shigemasa. Geisha.
Shigemasa: Servant Applying Medicinal Substance to Geisha's Arm

Kitao Shigemasa (1739?-1820) was not only a printmaker, he also created poetry and was a skilled calligrapher.

This is a beautiful print, Servant Applying Medicinal Substance to Geisha's Arm.