Oiran courtesan having her hair treated with

Oiran courtesan having her hair treated with perfumed oil by a kamuro outside a barred shopfront in the pleasure quarters. Another maid brings a letter. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880

Barred Courtesan Emakimono Fuzoku Geisha Hairdresser Kamuro Kimono Masanobu Oiran Okumura Perfume Prostitution Quarters Redlight Samurai Scroll Shopfront Tayu Ukiyo-e Woodblock Yoshiwara Yujo

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