Picture Book of Amusements of the Eastern Capital (Ehon Azuma asobi) 絵本吾妻遊

Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 Japanese

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One of Utamaro's many printed books, this collection of leisure activities in the "eastern capital" is especially lively. The scene is of a fair at the downtown Kojimachi Bishamon Temple

Picture Book of Amusements of the Eastern Capital (Ehon Azuma asobi) 絵本吾妻遊, Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 (Japanese, ca. 1754–1806), Woodblock printed book; ink on paper, Japan

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Picture Book of Amusements of the Eastern Capital (Ehon Azuma asobi) 絵本吾妻遊, Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 (Japanese, ca. 1754–1806), Woodblock printed book; ink on paper, Japan
Picture Book of Amusements of the Eastern Capital (Ehon Azuma asobi) 絵本吾妻遊, Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 (Japanese, ca. 1754–1806), Woodblock printed book; ink on paper, Japan
Picture Book of Amusements of the Eastern Capital (Ehon Azuma asobi) 絵本吾妻遊, Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 (Japanese, ca. 1754–1806), Woodblock printed book; ink on paper, Japan
Picture Book of Amusements of the Eastern Capital (Ehon Azuma asobi) 絵本吾妻遊, Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 (Japanese, ca. 1754–1806), Woodblock printed book; ink on paper, Japan
Picture Book of Amusements of the Eastern Capital (Ehon Azuma asobi) 絵本吾妻遊, Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 (Japanese, ca. 1754–1806), Woodblock printed book; ink on paper, Japan
Picture Book of Amusements of the Eastern Capital (Ehon Azuma asobi) 絵本吾妻遊, Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 (Japanese, ca. 1754–1806), Woodblock printed book; ink on paper, Japan
Picture Book of Amusements of the Eastern Capital (Ehon Azuma asobi) 絵本吾妻遊, Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 (Japanese, ca. 1754–1806), Woodblock printed book; ink on paper, Japan
Picture Book of Amusements of the Eastern Capital (Ehon Azuma asobi) 絵本吾妻遊, Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 (Japanese, ca. 1754–1806), Woodblock printed book; ink on paper, Japan
Picture Book of Amusements of the Eastern Capital (Ehon Azuma asobi) 絵本吾妻遊, Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 (Japanese, ca. 1754–1806), Woodblock printed book; ink on paper, Japan
Picture Book of Amusements of the Eastern Capital (Ehon Azuma asobi) 絵本吾妻遊, Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 (Japanese, ca. 1754–1806), Woodblock printed book; ink on paper, Japan
Picture Book of Amusements of the Eastern Capital (Ehon Azuma asobi) 絵本吾妻遊, Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿 (Japanese, ca. 1754–1806), Woodblock printed book; ink on paper, Japan

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