Title: Courtesan by a Lantern, “Fire,” from the series Five Elements for the Bunsai Poetry Group, a Guide to the Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarters
Object type: Print
Date: ca. 1820
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Totoya Hokkei 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1780–1850
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions: 7 7/8 x 7 3/16 in. (20 x 18.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Women, term: Lanterns