Sheet #3

Data

Sheet #3
Print   (Part of the set: A Didactic Mirror of Good and Evil)

Shôsai Ikkei
Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô)
1860

24.00 cm
30.00 cm

2022
00244-003
https://mokuhankan.com/collection/index.php?id_for_display=00244-003

Print is Public Domain; Photography is:   Creative Commons License

Description

Upper image: A scene at a house of pleasure employing high class courtesans, one of whom is attending here, along with Geisha and other entertainers and servants. The man sitting in the middle of the room seems to be a rich customer. Attendants at the lower right are given tips, and the bad souls are encouraging him to spend even more by opening his wallet!

Lower image: The officials are presenting the reward to the man from the previous scene (after handing in the wallet he found). They have not only given him the normal reward, but have added extra as an appreciation for his dutiful treatment of his father (which we saw back in the first picture). The good souls are calling out, “We really appreciate your judgement …”

Any comments are welcome! (S.I)

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