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The Entrance to the Yoshiwara at Dawn

Utagawa Hiroshige

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woodblock print of a nighttime scene. A group of four people stand on a sidewalk. Two men and two women. The man on the left wears a beige outfit. The woman next to him wears a blue kimono and an orange shawl. A man stands behind them in a dark blue outfit. A woman behind him wears a red kimono. The buildings on the left have a covered walkway. The building on the right is behind trees. A picket fence in front. Two tree line the sidewalk. The sky is blue-black. Two vertical orange rectangles with Japanese text. The one on the right also has green and black images. A beige border around the image.

Artwork Details

Date
1857
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
421 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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