Masanobu`s Love Letter
BIJN0003
Actual size: 5" x 3¼"*
$10.00 (Postage added $0.45) | In old Japan poems and poetic letters written in a beautiful hand were sent to lovers, friends and others as a kind of ritualized, dramatized, elusive yet constant communication, turning art into life and life into art. Even in the entertainment district of Edo (now Tokyo), high-ranking courtesans played at being aristocratic poets.
The exchange of love letters, a common activity in the lives of Edo-period courtesans became a popular subject in ukiyo-e. In this print a charming courtesan hands a letter to her 'kamuro' (a courtesan in training between 7-14 years of age). The courtesan whispers something to the 'kamuro', perhaps either an additional message to be repeated to a lover or instructions about delivering the love note. The close parallelism of the figures' heads and shoulders is a compositional device used to suggest intimacy. The gentle placement of her hand on her kamuro's shoulder and the bending and twisting of their bodies toward one other also support the feeling of closeness and secrecy.
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