Shimabara Courtesans Exorcizing Demons,? ? ? ? ? ? , Edo period (1615?1868), second half of the 18th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper, Image: 34 1/4 ? 10 1/2 in. (87 ? 26. 6 cm), Paintings, Miyagawa Issh? (Japanese, 1689?1779), Two young, brightly dressed courtesans and an older lady-whose puffed-out cheeks resemble those of the auspicious maiden Otafuku-are performing the ritual act of tossing beans to exorcize evil as part of the Setsubun Festival, celebrated on the eve of the beginning of spring