A famous courtesan of Sakai 堺 known for her relationship with the Daitokuji 大徳寺 priest *Ikkyū 一休 (1394-1481). She took the name Jigoku dayū meaning "Grand Courtesan of Hell," to contrast with the more angelic connotations of Hotoke gozen 仏御前 (Lady Buddha), consort of Taira no Kiyomori 平清盛 (1118-81). According to Sakai kagami 堺鏡 (Mirror of Sakai), the courtesan's fame was assured when Ikkyū while visiting her, recited "More than hearing, seeing is a terrifying hell," to which she replied in linking verse "The living come, but even they fall." Jigoku dayū is said to have studied meditation with Ikkyū and eventually achieved enlightenment. The story of Jigoku dayū and Ikkyū was embellished by Santō Kyōden 山東京伝 (1761-1816) in his woodblock print novel *yomihon 読本, Honchō suibodai zenden 本朝酔菩提全伝 (Complete Accounts of Drunken Enlightenment in Our Country IV, 1809), on which most *ukiyo-e 浮世絵 depictions are based. Jigoku dayū is shown alone or together with Ikkyū, and she often wears a padded formal over-robe *uchikake 打掛け decorated with scenes of hell. One type of illustration of Jigoku dayū showing her, Ikkyū and dancing skeletons, derives from the Ikkyū gaikotsu 一休骸骨 (Ikkyū's Skeletons), a prose piece on the vanity of life attributed to Ikkyū. Notable examples include prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (1797-1861) and a painting by Kawanabe Gyousai 河鍋暁斎 (1831-89).