Yaozen Restaurant in Sanya of the Asakusa District of Edo

Artist Utagawa Hiroshige I 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797–1858)

Datelate 1830s

Mediumwoodblock print; ink and color on paper; horizontal oban

Dimensions21.9 x 33.7 cm (8 5/8 x 13 1/4 in.)

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Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection

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Object number1901.1018

Label TextUtagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858) Yaozen Restaurant in Sanya of the Asakusa District of Edo Late 1830s Series: "A Selection of Famous Restaurants in Edo" Woodblock print, ink and color on paper, horizontal oban John Chandler Bancroft Collection, 1901.1018 Although the Tokugawa shogunate promoted the code of Bushido and the Confucian precepts of filial piety and correct deportment, many samurai succumbed to Edo-city pleasures in their leisure time. They socialized with commoners in restaurants and teahouses to compose verses or practice painting and calligraphy; some also visited brothels in the Yoshiwara pleasure quarters and theatre performances, often wearing large straw hats to hide their faces. This print is from a series advertising famous Edo restaurants, partly by the use of humorous veProvenanceJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection.

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