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| Stockno.: | 20-054u | Artist: | Toyohara Chikanobu 豊原周延 (1838-1912) | Description: | No.29, Edo, Snow at Yoshiwara, Urazato, from the series Snow moon and flowers (Setsugekka).
Published by Kobayashi Tetsujirō in 10 December 1884.
The Yoshiwara courtesan Urazato had a child by Tokijirō, but the Yamana-ya brother owner forbid Urazato from seeing her lover, according to the Kabuki play ‘Akegarasu Hana no Nureginu’. On a snowy evening, Urazato goes into the garden to meet Tokijirō but is discovered and beaten by her employer. Later Tokijirō is able to rescue both Urazato and his child Midori.
Inset: Tokijirō steal into the garden with a sword dangling from his teeth. | |
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