#hell courtesan

I don't have another fic in me. Maybe someone else out there can continue the story of Tayu Crowley.

"Hell Courtesan, Ikkyu, and Skeletons" Kawanabe Kyōsai - 1880

John Tarrant, Robert Bly, and the Hell Courtesan: 'Way Up There, Swinging in Your Seat and Laughing'

[Image: “Hell Courtesan,” painted by Kawanabe Kyosai (1831–1889). After reading the whiskey river posts which I share below, I tried mightily to find one of the paintings described by John Tarrant. I could not — at least, not before finding this one, first… which delighted me too much not to share! (For more about the painting, see the portion of this post which follows the whiskey river excerpts.]

Yokaitober Days 26-31!

Day 26: Jorogumo

Day 27: Kuchisake-onna

Day 28: Suzuhiko Hime

Day 29: Ushi no toki mairi

Day 30: Yurei

Jigoku tayu (”hell courtesan”) kimono attire showing souls undergoing the trials of Hell.

Those close up are from Kobayashi Kiyochika’s ukiyoe “Priest Ikkyu and the hell courtesan”