Japanese Print "Looking Delicious: Customs and Manners of a Prostitute of the Kaei Era" by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Artist:Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Title:Looking Delicious: Customs and Manners of a Prostitute of the Kaei Era
Date:March 3, 1888
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Source:Worcester Art Museum
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Description:
Low-ranked prostitute eating ebi tempura (prawns fried in butter) on a moonlit verandah. This particular print demonstrates how foreign fashions and customs that were once novel in Japan became commonplace in the late Edo period. The stripes of this low-ranking courtesan’s kimono are derived from a geometric pattern of South Asian origin, introduced to Japan by the Portuguese in the sixteenth century. Likewise, the Portuguese brought the practice of batter-fried food to Japan, reflected here in the tempura she eats.
