Courtesan with a Young Man (Wakashu) beside a Screen ca. 1679-84 Hishikawa Moronobu In ukiyo-e prints, male youths known as wakashuidentified by unshaved forelocks and an upright topknotare often paired with courtesans. This image belongs to a set of fourteen erotic prints known as makura-e (pillow pictures), or shunga (spring pictures) in modern parlance. While most makura-e within a set tend to be explicit, there are usually two or three earlier in the sequence, as here, that merely hint at romance.. Courtesan with a Young Man (Wakashu) beside a Screen. Hishikawa Moronobu (Japanese, 1630/31?-1694). Japan. ca. 1679-84. Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink and hand-applied color on paper; horizontal ōban. Edo period (1615-1868). Prints