よしわらの躰　揚屋町入り口|The Entrance to Ageya-machi, from the series Scenes in the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara no tei)

Hishikawa Moronobu 菱川師宣

1681–84 · Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper · Asian Art

A samurai with a servant has just passed the Omon, or great gate, the only entrance to the Yoshiwara quarter. Two men joke with two women on the main street, Nakamachi.

Artist

Hishikawa Moronobu 菱川師宣

Date

1681–84

Medium

Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Estate of Samuel Isham, 1914