Posted by Guy Pepermans (83.134.92.205) on January 17, 2011 at 20:23:37:
In Reply to: Re: can anyone identify this pentaty posted by belsipe on January 17, 2011 at 18:13:57:
It is actuallly not a common 'seirō' or 'green house' but the Yoshiwara 'ageya' (揚屋 or well-appointed house of assignation where high ranking courtesans made rendez-vous with actors, fashionable writers and other jetset figures.
I wonder if there is still an original copy of this pentatych around.
Guy.