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"Ukiyo-e" artist Utamaro's newly found work to be shown

FUKUOKA, July 27 Kyodo - Popular "Ukiyo-e" artist Kitagawa Utamaro's painting of a courtesan drawn solely with black ink in the late 18th century with Utamaro's friend and writer Santo Kyoden's writing on the lives of courtesans is seen in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on July 22, 2015. The painting, discovered in April, will be exhibited at the Fukuoka Art Museum from Aug. 8.

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Vatel (2000)

Uma Thurman & Courtesans Characters: ANNE DE MONTAUSIER, Film: Vatel (2000) Director: Roland Joffe 10 May 2000 Date: 10 May 2000

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Oirans (courtesans) and palanquins

An oiran (courtesan) walking in formal style with attendants was called an oiran procession. The procession included a novice courtesan, child attendant and chaperone as well as male attendants carrying bed items, a shamisen lute and drums.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Usui Shuzaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number94‐11‐0]

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An oiran (a courtesan)

The oiran was a courtesan in the Edo Period. Formerly the term was applied only to high-ranking courtesans, but later it became a general term for all prostitutes. This photograph depicts the former. The dress she wears is a parade of luxurious items such as saya-silk twill, crepe, habutae-silk, rasha-thin silk, velvet, and gold-brocaded satin damask. Courtesans often wore six combs each in front and back of a long floral comb in the hair.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number72‐84‐0]

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Women at a brothel

A two-story residence has a garden with a fountain. The room beyond the porch on which the women are sitting, is a zashiki room with a tokonoma alcove. People other than courtesans are visible on the left and in the far corner of the garden on the right.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number69‐29‐0]

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Courtesans of Jimpuro brothel

The Jimpuro brothel was called Nectarine No.9 and, together with Iwakiro, was one of the top brothels of Yokohama until the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. The original brothel at Miyozaki, called Isero, moved several times over the years, but this photograph seems to have been taken at the Takashima-machi location (1872-1882).==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number55‐48‐0]

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Courtesans of Jimpuro brothel

The entrance to the Jimpuro brothel. When its predecessor in Takashima-machi closed in 1882, the brothel, also known as Nectarine No. 9, was opened in Kanagawa Nanaken-machi for the exclusive use of foreigners. It was know for its large size and in-house electric generator.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number55‐47‐0]

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Hairdressing

The women have their hair arranged in the kushimaki style popular at the end of the Edo Period. Since it is simplified, it is more casual in appearance than the traditional Japanese hairstyle. These women seem to be courtesans of the Meiji Period.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐87‐0]

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An oiran and a waitress

The oiran (courtesan) is accompanied by two young attendants called kamuro. They are wearing wooden clogs with high supports, typical footwear for courtesans.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number49‐49‐0]

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Women reading a letter

Two women are reading a letter. The accessories in their hair and their style of dress suggest that they are courtesans. There is a latticed folding screen behind them.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number49‐22‐0]

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A woman putting on an ornamental hairpin

This woman, who is scratching her tilted head with a hairpin, is probably a yaritebaba, the woman who managed courtesans and supervised the business of a brothel. She certainly has the look of such a woman.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number47‐48‐0]

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Parade of Oiran,high class courtesans

High-ranking prostitutes welcomed their important customers by dressing up and parading the streets of the red-light district, called Oiran Dochu. In this photo, Oiran are accompanied by children.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number44‐21‐0]