Maker(s): | Toyota Hokkei
| Culture: | Japanese (1780 - 1850)
| Title: | Surimono: The Hell Courtesan (Jigokudayû), from series Three Prints of Courtesans
| Date Made: | mid 1820s
| Type: | Print
| Materials: | woodcut printed in color on embossed paper
| Place Made: | Japan
| Measurements: | sheet: 8 1/2 x 7 in.; 21.59 x 17.78 cm
| Narrative Inscription: | Poem written on poem card at right by Ryûjônen Umemasa of Hino In Go Shu, "kama no futa, akete medetaki, haru wa kyo, jigoku mo ukabu, kukaijunen." English translation by John Carpenter, "As spring arrived today, the cauldron lid opened, bringing good fortune, so even Jigoku is saved, from ten years of 'hell'."
| Accession Number: | SC 1968.478
| Credit Line: | The Margaret Rankin Barker - Isaac Ogden Rankin Collection. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Barker (Margaret Clark Rankin, class of 1908)
| Museum Collection: | Smith College Museum of Art
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