EditorialHidematsu, Yasokichi, Izukiyo of the Otsuya (Otsuya uchi Hidematsu, Yasokichi, Izukiyo), from the series "Female Geisha Section of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival (Seiro niwaka onna geisha no bu)". Kitagawa Utamaro ??? ??; Japanese, 1753 (?)-1806. Date: ...
EditorialHour of the Hare [6am] (U no koku), from the series "The Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara" ("Seiro juni toki tsuzuki"). Kitagawa Utamaro ??? ??; Japanese, 1753 (?)-1806. Date: 1789-1799. Dimensions: 37.5 x 24.4 cm. Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialYoshiwara. Hidari Fuji (Yoshiwara with Mount Fuji), from Tokaido Gojusan Tsugi-na Uchi (Fifty-Three Stations on the Tokaido), Ando Hiroshige, Japanese, 17971858, Woodblock print (ukiyo-e) on mulberry paper (washi), ink with color, A horse with three wo...
EditorialBridle district Kutsuwamachi (title on object) A series with horses (series title) Umazukushi (series title on object), A partially unrolled hand roll with an image of two members of the samurai class, in front the entrance to Yoshiwara, the pleasure d...
EditorialDaimonguchi entrance gate and Nakanocho in Yoshiwara pleasure quarters with samurai and courtesans and maid (kamuro). Water barrel and buckets labeled Daimonguchi. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of...
EditorialTwo kamuro maids try to drag two samurai to their courtesan mistresses. Scene in Yoshiwara pleasure quarters. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.
EditorialThe New Yoshiwara Shin Yoshiwara (title on object) Ten summer scenes in the Eastern capital (series title) Azuma natsu jukkei (series title on object), View of room in teahouse, kamuro (youngest help of courtesan), standing outside the room, pointing u...
EditorialThe Nihon Embankment near the Yoshiwara, from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo. Date: fourth month 1857. Dimensions: 34 cm x 22 cm.
EditorialNew Year in Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara seiyo), section of a sheet from the series "Cutout Pictures of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho harimaze zue)". Utagawa Hiroshige ?? ??; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1857. Dimensions: 18.0 x 14.5 cm. Color woodblock print...
EditorialYoshiwara, section of sheet no. 4 from the series "Cutouts of the Fifty-three Stations (Gojusan tsugi harimaze)". Utagawa Hiroshige ?? ??; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1852. Dimensions: 16.5 x 13.2 cm. Color woodblock print; section of harimaze sheet (un...
EditorialYoshiwara, from the series "Fifty-three Stations [of the Tokaido] (Gojusan tsugi)," also known as the Figure Tokaido (Jinbutsu Tokaido). Utagawa Hiroshige ?? ??; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1852. Dimensions: . Color woodblock print; chuban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialAutumn Moon at New Yoshiwara in Emonzaka (Shin Yoshiwara Emonzaka shugetsu), from the series "Famous Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto meisho)". Utagawa Hiroshige ?? ??; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1830-1843. Dimensions: 36.2 x 12.6 cm (14 1/4 x 4 15/1...
EditorialCherry Blossom Season at Nakanocho in the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara Nakanocho sakura toki), from the series "Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho)". Utagawa Hiroshige ?? ??; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1834-1847. Dimensions: 25.6 x 37.3 cm (10 1/16 x 14 11/16 in...
EditorialSpring Dawn in the New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara haru akebono no zu), from the series "Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho no uchi)". Utagawa Hiroshige ?? ??; Japanese, 1797-1858. Date: 1834-1847. Dimensions: 26.1 x 38 cm (10 5/16 x 14 7/8 in.). Color woo...