Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 110053

Scene from The Fashionable Game of Colorful Shells vol 2

Artist / 作者: Nishikawa Sukenobu西川祐信
Date / 年代: 1711
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / robynbuntin
Digital record / 画像記録: 504 × 384 px
Source collection / 所蔵元: Robyn Buntin of Honolulu
Published by / 公開者: 黒川トウマ
Rights / 権利: No commercial-app permission documented
Attribution / 表記: Robyn Buntin of Honolulu

Catalog note / 解説

Nishikawa Sukenobu was one of the pioneers of ukiyo-e printmaking during the early 18th century and is best known for his depictions of women from different social classes. This image of a Buddhist nun being seduced by a man brings to light a surprising aspect of the sexual culture in early modern and pre-modern Japan: itinerant Buddhist nuns (bikuni) were often forced to resort to prostitution for their financial survival.

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