Article by Mallika Rao | The Huffington Post Hosoda Eishi (1756–1829) Contest of Passion in the Four Seasons (Shiki kyo-en zu), late 1790s–early 1800s; one of a set of four hanging scrolls; ink, colour and gold on silk, Michael Fornitz collection. It was a stroke of marketing genius on the part of the madams and pimps…