Number five: The first writing of the new year by Hitofude from the Tamaya Kakizome no Tamaya uchi Hitofude (title on object) The Nakanoch? for the Hisakataya poetry association (series title) Hisakataya Nakanoch? (series title on object), Hitofude, a high-ranking courtesan from the Tamaya house, parades with her maid (kamuro) and courtesan in the doctrine (shinzo) by Nakanoch?, the main street of the Yoshiwara pleasure district in Edo (present-day Tokyo). With two poems. The left-hand leaf of a five-part, on which high-standing courtesans (oiran) from the various houses from the Yoshiwara are depicted, courtesan, hetaera, Yashima Gakutei (mentioned on object), Japan, c. 1827, paper, colour woodcut, h 205 mm ⊙ w 185 mm.