Print no. 8 in series. Throughout his life Laolai acted like a baby to amuse his elderly parents. By contrast, Rorai gracefully dances to the accompaniment of a shamisen, suggesting that the scene takes place in a high-class brothel. The sliding...
men (male humans); women; trees; snow (precipitation); kimonos; sandals; hats; built works; stables (animal housing)
In the dead of winter, a Buddhist priest showed up unexpectedly at the cottage of Sano Genzaemon Tsuneyo in Yashu (Shimotsuke Province, modern Tochigi Prefecture). The impoverished warrior offered what hospitality he could, although recently he had...
