Furuyama Moromasa (Act. ca. 1704-48)

Courtesan and attendant playing shuttlecock

Details

Furuyama Moromasa (Act. ca. 1704-48)
Courtesan and attendant playing shuttlecock
Signed Furuyama Moromasa ga and sealed Moromasa no in
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
36 x 14 3/8in. (91.7 x 36.5cm.)

Provenance

The Manno Art Museum, Osaka

PUBLISHED:
Kobayashi Tadashi, Ukiyoe no miryoku (The charm of ukiyo-e) (Tokyo: Bizinesu kyoiku shuppansha, 1984), p. 207.
_____, ed., Manno bijutsukan (The Manno Art Museum), vol. 7 of Nikuhitsu ukiyoe taikan/Ukiyo-e paintings in Japanese collections (Tokyo: Kodansha, 1996), pl. 23.

Lot Essay

Furuyama Moromasa was a son of Furuyama Moroshige (act. late 17-18th c.), one of the best pupils of Hishikawa Moronobu. Shuttlecock (hagoita) is a very popular children's game at New Year's. Here a courtesan and her attendant are playing the game in the Yoshiwara in front of the Matsuya, a brothel on the Nakanocho, the main street of the Yoshiwara, just inside the Main Gate. The Matsuya, run by Matsuya Shobei, was one of the seven most famous brothels in the Yoshiwara.

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