# A Parade of Courtesans

- By: Hishikawa Moronobu (Japanese, (?)-1694)
- Date: c. 1690
- Medium: Woodblock print; sumizuri-e, kakemono yoko-e
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: 31 × 68 cm (12 1/4 × 26 13/16 in.)
- Culture: Japan
- Credit line: Clarence Buckingham Collection
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/19061)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/014f2dfb-b1a2-462f-f13a-3805d961c26d/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

A group of courtesans parade with servants carrying umbrellas. The print appears to depict a typical scene in the Yoshiwara pleasure quarters of Edo. However, a figure on the left is identified as one of the legendary Soga brothers, 12th-century heroes whose story of valor is retold in countless Kabuki plays. It is possible that this print may depict a scene from an unidentified Soga brothers drama.

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