Estampe japonaise "Courtesan as Rin Reiso" par Okumura Masanobu
Artiste :Okumura Masanobu
Titre :Courtesan as Rin Reiso
Date :about 1710
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Source :Worcester Art Museum
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Description :
The Chinese sage Lin Ling-su is called Rin Reiso by the Japanese. Stories about Rin Reiso are based in part on an actual person by that name who was an advisor to the Sung Emperoro Hui Tsung [11th-12th centuries]. The story represented here has to do with the contest in which he took part with eleven other celebrated magicians. Rin Reiso blew out a mouthful of water which turned into five-colored clouds, each containing a fabled creature. Here a courtesan who lies on her bed with a girl holding a kettle of sake is likened to the sage. She is shown blowing forth a stream of sake vapor from her mouth; in it is an approaching chokibune with a samurai lover, his face hidden under a hat. The boat is hastily punted towards the Yoshiwara pleasure quarter by two men.