Curious: Habits of an okoshō of the Tempō era

Artist: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Woodblock Print Name: Curious: Habits of an okoshō of the Tempō era
Series Number: #13
Date: 1888/
Description: An okoshō was a maid, normally from a wealthy lower-class family, in a samurai household, there to learn upper-class manners, etc; the closest contemporary Western equivalent would be an 'au pair'.
Series: Thirty-Two Aspects of Customs and Manners
Yoshitoshi - Curious: Habits of an okoshō of the Tempō era - Thirty-Two Aspects of Customs and Manners

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