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Item from the Mokuhankan Flea MarketThe Enlightenment of Jigoku Dayu Size: 37.0cm by 25.0cm (14.57 in by 9.84 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [L] ? Designer: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi Era: Meiji | Currency: $ / £ / € Price:  Description: During the Muromachi period (1336-1573), a beautiful woman called Otoboshi was kidnapped by bandits on Nyoi Mountain. Due to her beauty, the bandits sold her to a brothel in the red-light district of Osaka as a courtesan. She believed that her misfortune came from not observing the precepts of Buddhism in a previous life, and started calling herself jigoku ("hell"), wearing a kimono illustrated with images of hell, repeating the name of Buddha in her head, and singing poetry. She thus became known as Jigoku-tayu, the "hell courtesan".     Browse thumbnail pages of various selections from the catalogue ... Mokuhankan Publications:general (104) kacho-e (27) landscape (54) bijin-ga (19) contemporary (17) senshafuda (2) yakusha-e (4) HangaClub (70) ebook (6) miscellaneous (4) 8 Cats (4) supplies (6) [ Also see our Annual Gift Page ] Partner Shops: Kawase Hasui prints (12) Yoshida family prints (48) Doi Hanga prints (54) Miyakodori prints (4) Numabe Mokuhan prints (3) Guest items (17) Mokuhankan Flea Market (All items) general (78) kacho-e (38) yakusha-e (25) landscape (130) bijin-ga (113) kuchi-e (0) contemporary (4) set (42) books (3) [ List of Recently sold items ] [ Flea Market Matsuri ] |
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