This [oban](/glossary/oban)-format sheet records a specific performance moment from the annual Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival, the late-summer street entertainment in which geisha competed in improvisational comic turns. Two named women — Ochie and Onokichi of the Matsuya — appear costumed for their act, their identities inscribed in the cartouche. Utamaro produced a celebrated series documenting this festival in 1783, capturing the theatrical energy of the Yoshiwara at its most public.
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c. 1794/95
Color woodblock print; oban
c. 1793
color woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Omando: Ochie, Onokichi of the Matsuya, from the series Female Geisha Section of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival (Seiro niwaka onna geisha no bu) (Omando, Matsuya uchi Ochie, Onokichi) was created by Kitagawa Utamaro (喜多川歌麿) in 1783.
Yes — Omando: Ochie, Onokichi of the Matsuya, from the series Female Geisha Section of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival (Seiro niwaka onna geisha no bu) (Omando, Matsuya uchi Ochie, Onokichi) is part of the Female Geisha Section of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival series by Kitagawa Utamaro.
Omando: Ochie, Onokichi of the Matsuya, from the series Female Geisha Section of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival (Seiro niwaka onna geisha no bu) (Omando, Matsuya uchi Ochie, Onokichi) depicts bijin-ga, yoshiwara, and summer.
