EditorialOiran courtesan watching a trial of strength between her kamuro (maid) and Kinpira the famous strong man. A jug of sake and drinking bowl in front. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade...
EditorialLegendary Strongman Sakata Kinpira (Kintoki) Drinking Sake, Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1750, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm); W. 11 3/8 in. (28.9 cm), Prints, Ishikawa Toyonobu (Japanese, 1711?1785).
EditorialOiran courtesan watching a trial of strength between her kamuro (maid) and Kinpira the famous strong man. A jug of sake and drinking bowl in front. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade...