# The First Procession of Courtesans, from the Album Colours of the Triple Dawn

- By: Torii Kiyonaga (Edo (historische plaatsnaam), 1752–1815)
- Date: 1787
- Medium: paper
- Classification: album
- Dimensions: height 150 mm x width 230 mm
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of the Goslings NieuwBeerta Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/RP-P-2019-248--0019ba97a7315e0f2b20f73c67a21de4)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/tHsxH/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)

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.