Jigoku Tayu (地獄太夫, the Hell Courtesan) and the Monk Ikkyu (一休和尚)
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: 1854
Maker: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳)
Engraver: Hori-Mino (彫巳の)
Medium: O-ban Nishiki-e (大判錦絵, large-format coloured print)
Object number: O.11.82-83
DescriptionThis print depicts Ikkyu Soujun (一休宗純), a famous Buddhist monk, and Jigoku tayu (地獄太夫), a courtesan famous for her beauty and wit, who actually existed in the Muromachi period.
