絵本吾妻遊|Ehon Azuma asobi|Picture Book of Amusements of the Eastern Capital (Ehon Azuma asobi)

Kitagawa Utamaro

1790, first month · Woodblock printed book; ink on paper · Asian Art

One of Utamaro's many printed books, this collection of leisure activities in the "eastern capital" is especially lively. The scene is of a fair at the downtown Kojimachi Bishamon Temple

Artist

Kitagawa Utamaro

Date

1790, first month

Medium

Woodblock printed book; ink on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1918