Azumado of the Nakaômiya: Clearing Storm, by Isoda Koryusai

An image of Azumado of the Nakaômiya: Clearing Storm (Nakaômiya Azumado seiran). Koryûsai, Isoda (Japanese, active 1766-1788). Colour print from woodblocks. Chûban format. circa 1774. From the series 'Eight views of famous women of the green houses' (Seirô meifu hakkei). The idea of sets of eight views (hakkei) derived from a traditional set of eight views of Ômi Province, north-east of Kyoto. Print designers usually substituted other settings, but always with associated moods carried over from the original set. This set gives us 'views' of the most famous beauties working in leading brothels of the licensed pleasure quarter, the Yoshiwara. On the left of the latticed display room (harimise) is the entrance to the Nakaômiya brothel. Azumado's sash (obi) is tied in front (this distinguishes her as a prostitute from other women, such as geisha, who tied it behind). It is decorated with the Nakaômiya's trademark lattice-and-flower pattern. She and her attendant peer through the bars at a young man in a Chinese-style jacket.

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Azumado of the Nakaômiya: Clearing Storm (Nakaômiya Azumado seiran). Koryûsai, Isoda (Japanese, active 1766-1788). Colour print from woodblocks. Chûban format. circa 1774. From the series 'Eight views of famous women of the green houses' (Seirô meifu hakkei). The idea of sets of eight views (hakkei) derived from a traditional set of eight views of Ômi Province, north-east of Kyoto. Print designers usually substituted other settings, but always with associated moods carried over from the original set. This set gives us 'views' of the most famous beauties working in leading brothels of the licensed pleasure quarter, the Yoshiwara. On the left of the latticed display room (harimise) is the entrance to the Nakaômiya brothel. Azumado's sash (obi) is tied in front (this distinguishes her as a prostitute from other women, such as geisha, who tied it behind). It is decorated with the Nakaômiya's trademark lattice-and-flower pattern. She and her attendant peer through the bars at a young man in a Chinese-style jacket.

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Accession Number: P.3643-R
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 743 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 261.33kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 16/1
Captured: 2013:08:16 11:30:11

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