Street scene in the Yoshiwara
The customers, one with his face hidden beneath a straw hat, view the women who are exhibited in barred rooms (harimise}; the man sitting inside is an assistant (gyū) who helps select a woman.
Artwork Details
- Title: Street scene in the Yoshiwara
- Artist: Hishikawa Moronobu 菱川師宣 (Japanese, 1618–1694)
- Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
- Date: ca. 1680
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Monochrome woodblock print; ink on paper
- Dimensions: 10 1/8 x 15 1/5 in. (25.7 x 38.6 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Estate of Samuel Isham, 1914
- Object Number: JP809
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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