Getting started with the collection:
The First Procession of Courtesans, from the Album Colours of the Triple Dawn
Torii Kiyonaga (mentioned on object), 1787
This album features New Year’s rituals, such as courtesans parading in their most beautiful garments on the first day of the year. Two girls are each holding a paddle. This is used for battledore and shuttlecock, a kind of badminton, which children only played on New Year’s Day. Passing the shuttlecock without letting it touch the ground is thought to bring good fortune for the New Year.
- Artwork typealbum, prentalbum
- Object numberRP-P-2019-248
- Dimensionsheight 150 mm x width 230 mm
- Physical characteristicskleurenhoutsnede (lijnblok in zwart met kleurblokken); blinddruk; mica, goudpigmenten











