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Views of Yoshiwara (set of 12)

Size: 30.0cm by 40.0cm (11.81 in by 15.75 in) | Enlargement | Shipping Code: [XL] ?

Designer: Hishikawa Moronobu

Era: Mid Showa | Currency: $ / £ / €

Price: ¥ 80,000$ 590.00£ 440.00€ 505.00 [Item has been sold]

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Description: "Yoshiwara no Tei" (Views of Yoshiwara) is a sumizuri-e (ink monochrome print) series comprising 12 individual, horizontal ōban (large-format) prints. In 1657, the year after the Great Fire of Meireki (1657), the Yoshiwara pleasure quarter relocated to the rice paddies behind Sensō-ji Temple in Asakusa. "Yoshiwara no Tei" serves as a kind of guidebook, depicting the journey to the relocated Yoshiwara (Shin-Yoshiwara) and scenes within the quarter across these 12 individual prints.

The series includes the following scenes:

Nihon-zutsumi Iriguchi no Kido (Entrance Gate of Nihon-zutsumi): Dismounting from a horse at the entrance gate leading to Yoshiwara.
Nihon-zutsumi: Walking towards Yoshiwara from the Nihon-zutsumi gate.
Emon-zaka: Descending Emon-zaka slope from Nihon-zutsumi.
Ōmon-guchi (Main Gate Entrance): Entering the Ōmon gate and proceeding to Naka-no-chō, the main street.
Sancha-mise: A establishment primarily offering sancha (powdered tea) and umecha (plum tea).
Kōshi-mise: The most prestigious establishments for tayū (highest-ranking courtesans) and kōshi (high-ranking courtesans).
Takashima Mise-saki: An establishment frequently depicted in Moronobu's works.
Ageya-machi Iriguchi: The entrance to Ageya-machi from Naka-no-chō main street.
Daidokoro Fūkei (Kitchen Scene): A scene from an ageya (high-class restaurant/brothel) kitchen.
Zashiki Yūkyō (Party in a Room): A scene of entertainment, with a bedding room next door.
Ō-yose (Grand Gathering): The highlight scene of a large banquet.
Yūjo Dōchū (Courtesan Procession): Courtesans parading from a brothel to an ageya.

This version is a reproduction by Adachi Company. The dimensions given are for each print.


It comes with an index sheet, a map of the Yoshiwara, and a pamphlet (all in Japanese).

There's a colophon attached to the inside of the case.

Here are the prints. Each one is lightly tipped in to its mat.

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