Skip to main content
Advanced Search
View of Cherry Blossoms at the New Yoshiwara
View of Cherry Blossoms at the New Yoshiwara
Public domain: Image courtesy of the Worcester Art Museum.

View of Cherry Blossoms at the New Yoshiwara

Artist (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Dateabout 1800–1814
Mediumwoodblock print, ink and color on paper
Dimensions37.9 x 25.8 cm (14 15/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Markings Osakaya Hidehachi (Ohide) kiwame Yamamoto Heikichi [Eikyudo] at Yoshimachi-gashi kado
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.59.2496
Description"A view of the New Yoshiwara." Righthand sheet of a multi-sheet composition. Many people are shown coming in the quarter through the Omon-guchi, the great entrance gate. Just within, two of the gaudily bedecked women of the quarter are looking at a man who wears a black haori and a sukin to match, and who has his arm about the kamuro of one of the women.
NOTE!!!--cf 1901.59.2334 View of Cherry Blossoms at the New Yoshiwara (A Pentaptych)
Label TextThis is the label text for 1901.59.2334: Toyokuni presents a scene of the bustling life on Nakanocho, the main street at the entrance gate of the Yoshiwara pleasure quarters. It is the cherry blossom festival and in anticipation of the evening’s activities high-ranking courtesans with attendants are seen parading to greet important clients; geisha and servants are also hurrying to the houses of assignation to provide entertainment and food. A few businessmen, samurai and monks visiting the Yoshiwara try to hide their identities with black overcoats, head-coverings and fans.
On View
Not on view
Collections