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Interior Scene in the Yoshiwara

Hishikawa Moronobu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts an indoor scene. People are sitting on floorboards. Some people wear kimonos. One man sits cross-legged on a raised platform. A tree grows on the raised platform. A woman holds a shamisen. A man holds a child. People sit on the floor around the raised platform. A screen with a design on it stands on the left. The background shows a room with a floor and a wall. A section of the floor has thin diagonal lines indicating tatami mats. The image is in black and white.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1680
Medium
Woodblock print; ink on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 398 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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