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Street Scene in Yoshiwara

Hishikawa Moronobu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white drawing of a scene with four women. A woman stands on the right facing left in a kimono with a curvy design; in the middle, a woman walks on the left side of another woman who holds a pipe-like object. On the left, the woman on the right wears a kimono with a flower pattern; she faces a woman on a tiled platform who sits on the right side and looks left. A staircase with a railing leads up to the platform on the right. The background shows a flat area with rectangular panels on the wall, and on the right side a large circular object sits on a higher platform connected by the staircase. The paper has a white border, is aged beige with darker edges, and has signs of folding.

Artwork Details

Date
late 17th century
Medium
Monochrome woodblock print; ink on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 425 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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