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Tayu

Tayu: Tayu or high class prostitute, in procession, Japan

Tayu or high class prostitute, in procession, Japan

Tayu: Courtesans relaxing by writing a letter and playing shamisen

Courtesans relaxing by writing a letter and playing shamisen

Tayu: Three samurai listen to a courtesan play the shamisen

Three samurai listen to a courtesan play the shamisen

Tayu: Courtesans playing a game of karuta (cards) with a customer

Courtesans playing a game of karuta (cards) with a customer

Tayu: Courtesans playing shamisen and dancing in

Courtesans playing shamisen and dancing in

Tayu: Courtesan playing a shamisen for customers

Courtesan playing a shamisen for customers

Tayu: Courtesans playing shamisen to entertain a

Courtesans playing shamisen to entertain a

Tayu: Oiran courtesan fixing her hair while a samurai watches

Oiran courtesan fixing her hair while a samurai watches

Tayu: Courtesans and a street entertainer with performing

Courtesans and a street entertainer with performing

Tayu: Samurai and servant, courtesans and merchants

Samurai and servant, courtesans and merchants

Tayu: Samurai in a sedan chair, courtesans and tradesmen

Samurai in a sedan chair, courtesans and tradesmen

Tayu: Samurai and tradesmen on the Daimon-zaka road

Samurai and tradesmen on the Daimon-zaka road

Tayu: A two-story teahouse in Kyomachi Yoshiwara pleasure quarters

A two-story teahouse in Kyomachi Yoshiwara pleasure quarters

Tayu: Maids helping courtesans with their kimono, hair and obi

Maids helping courtesans with their kimono, hair and obi

Tayu: Courtesans painting a large sumi-e (ink-wash painting)

Courtesans painting a large sumi-e (ink-wash painting)

Tayu: Courtesan and customer sharing a tobacco pipe

Courtesan and customer sharing a tobacco pipe

Tayu: Courtesans dancing and playing sugoroku (Japanese

Courtesans dancing and playing sugoroku (Japanese

Tayu: Oiran courtesans dancing before a large folding screen

Oiran courtesans dancing before a large folding screen

Tayu: Miasma (Sawaki no tei), with three courtesans

Miasma (Sawaki no tei), with three courtesans

Tayu: Japanese god Daikokuten with courtesan and

Japanese god Daikokuten with courtesan and

Tayu: Kabuki actor Nakamura Kichibei with broom

Kabuki actor Nakamura Kichibei with broom

Tayu: Samurai receiving a letter from a courtesan

Samurai receiving a letter from a courtesan

Tayu: Daimonguchi entrance gate and Nakanocho in

Daimonguchi entrance gate and Nakanocho in

Tayu: Courtesan treating a woman with moxibustion

Courtesan treating a woman with moxibustion

Tayu: Samurai crossing the river on the way to Yoshiwara

Samurai crossing the river on the way to Yoshiwara

Tayu: Two kamuro maids try to drag two samurai to

Two kamuro maids try to drag two samurai to

Tayu: Oiran courtesan watching a trial of strength

Oiran courtesan watching a trial of strength

Tayu: Courtesans relaxing by writing poetry and

Courtesans relaxing by writing poetry and

Tayu: Courtesans relaxing by writing poetry in the

Courtesans relaxing by writing poetry in the

Tayu: Three courtesans in kimono following a customer

Three courtesans in kimono following a customer

Tayu: Courtesans relaxing by reading books in front

Courtesans relaxing by reading books in front

Tayu: Customer and courtesan with maid being led by a servant

Customer and courtesan with maid being led by a servant

Tayu: Courtesan entertaining a customer by playing

Courtesan entertaining a customer by playing

Tayu: Oiran courtesans and maid walking in the pleasure quarters

Oiran courtesans and maid walking in the pleasure quarters

Tayu: Oiran courtesan having her hair treated with

Oiran courtesan having her hair treated with

Tayu: Samurai customer with kamuro walking past

Samurai customer with kamuro walking past

Tayu: Two men and a kamuro walking past a teahouse

Two men and a kamuro walking past a teahouse

Tayu: An oiran courtesan plying two shojo with sake

An oiran courtesan plying two shojo with sake

Tayu: The artist Masanobu Okumura painting a folding screen

The artist Masanobu Okumura painting a folding screen

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