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Yoshiwara, depicting Mount Fuji - Ukiyo e print

Yoshiwara, depicting Mount Fuji - Ukiyo e print

Print shows bird's-eye view of a yoshiwara with view of Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the serie... More

Yoshiwara edochō, Okumura Masanobu - Ukiyo e print

Yoshiwara edochō, Okumura Masanobu - Ukiyo e print

Print shows a brothel in the Yoshiwara pleasure district of Edo. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Modern reproduction. Forms part of: J... More

Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukie shin yoshiwara no zu

Utagawa Toyokuni - Ukie shin yoshiwara no zu

Print show pedestrians walking through the yoshiwara (or red-light district). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Horizontal Chuba... More

Yoshiwara suzume, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Yoshiwara suzume, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two women, one sitting and one standing, near a large basket. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Odori zuku... More

Toyohiro Utagawa: Yoshiwara - Public domain scan / drawing

Toyohiro Utagawa: Yoshiwara - Public domain scan / drawing

Print shows travelers on the Tōkaidō Road with view of snow-covered Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From... More

Yoshiwara, Ando Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Yoshiwara, Ando Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows travelers from behind on horseback on a narrow strip of land lined with pine trees near the Yoshiwara station on the Tōkaidō Road; with view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptiv... More

Yoshiwara, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Yoshiwara, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows boats on a lake with trees and huts nearby, birds in flight and Mount Fuji in the background; at the Yoshiwara station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichib... More

Yoshiwara, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Yoshiwara, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji

Print shows travelers from behind on horseback on a narrow strip of land lined with pine trees near the Yoshiwara station on the Tōkaidō Road; with view of Mount Fuji in the distance. Title and other descriptiv... More

Tōjin no yoshiwara asobi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Tōjin no yoshiwara asobi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows scene in and around a yoshiwara with women playing musical instruments, eating & drinking, walking with their Chinese guests, and boating along the coastline.

Shinpan ukie shin yoshiwara ōmonuchi no zu

Shinpan ukie shin yoshiwara ōmonuchi no zu

Print shows a bird's-eye view of men and women passing through the gate between buildings in the New Yoshiwara. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in... More

Tōjin no yoshiwara asobi - Drawing. Public domain image.

Tōjin no yoshiwara asobi - Drawing. Public domain image.

Print shows scene in and around a yoshiwara with women playing musical instruments, eating & drinking, walking with their Chinese guests, and boating along the coastline.

Yoshiwara, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji Andō Hiroshige

Yoshiwara, Andō Hiroshige, depicting Mount Fuji Andō Hiroshige

Print shows two travelers outside a shop, the vendor sitting on a table in front, also pine trees, haystacks, and a view of Mount Fuji in the background, at the Yoshiwara station on the Tōkaidō Road. Title and ... More

Yoshiwara yuki no asa Andō Hiroshige

Yoshiwara yuki no asa Andō Hiroshige

Print shows a snow covered community in the morning with porters carrying sedan chairs, probably containing male customers, down the main street leading away from the gated entrance to the yoshiwara. Title and ... More

Yoshiwara sakura no zu Andō Hiroshige

Yoshiwara sakura no zu Andō Hiroshige

Print shows women and men among blossoming cherry trees at Yoshiwara. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Edo meisho : ... More

Shin yoshiwara ōgiya zashiki no zu, Eizan Kikukawa

Shin yoshiwara ōgiya zashiki no zu, Eizan Kikukawa

Print shows a gathering of men and women socializing and playing musical instruments in the courtyard of a yoshiwara, with the activities illuminated in the many rooms of the two-story building. Title and other... More

Devil & Yoshiwara girl - Public domain portrait drawing

Devil & Yoshiwara girl - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows the devil standing in front of a courtesan holding a fan, sitting inside a cage-like structure. Gift; Crosby Stuart Noyes; 1906. Forms part of: Crosby Stuart Noyes collection (Library of Congress).... More

Ne no koku no yoshiwara - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Ne no koku no yoshiwara - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows a courtesan with two attendants(?). Public domain photograph of 19th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Yoshiwara, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain  drawing

Yoshiwara, Katsushika Hokusai - Public domain drawing

Print shows an older man and two young apprentices, possibly women, manually operating a stirring device, or possibly making pulp for paper. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-spons... More

Tōjin no yoshiwara asobi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Tōjin no yoshiwara asobi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Print shows scene in and around a yoshiwara with women playing musical instruments, eating & drinking, walking with their Chinese guests, and boating along the coastline.

Shin yoshiwara ōgiya zashiki no zu, Eizan Kikukawa

Shin yoshiwara ōgiya zashiki no zu, Eizan Kikukawa

Print shows a gathering of men and women socializing and playing musical instruments in the courtyard of a yoshiwara, with the activities illuminated in the many rooms of the two-story building. Title and other... More

Shin yoshiwara sanmai tsuzuki - Public domain  drawing

Shin yoshiwara sanmai tsuzuki - Public domain drawing

Print shows several women, with many hairpins and elaborate headdresses, walking down a corridor in a brothel, followed by a man wearing a mask. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-s... More

Shin yoshiwara ōgiya zashiki no zu, Eizan Kikukawa

Shin yoshiwara ōgiya zashiki no zu, Eizan Kikukawa

Print shows a gathering of men and women socializing and playing musical instruments in the courtyard of a yoshiwara, with the activities illuminated in the many rooms of the two-story building. Title and other... More

Yoshiwara suzume - Public domain portrait drawing

Yoshiwara suzume - Public domain portrait drawing

Print shows a woman standing behind a person squatting, playing a shell game. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Format: Horizontal Kogat... More

Shin yoshiwara ōgiya zashiki no zu, Eizan Kikukawa

Shin yoshiwara ōgiya zashiki no zu, Eizan Kikukawa

Print shows a gathering of men and women socializing and playing musical instruments in the courtyard of a yoshiwara, with the activities illuminated in the many rooms of the two-story building. Title and other... More