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C1871
Shin Yoshiwara Edomachi Nichome Kohki-roh Sankai no Zu
Artist:
Utagawa Yoshiiku (1833 - 1904)
Superb woodblock of the beautiful courtesans watching the street below from the third floor of the tea house, Kokiro, at Edo-machi in Shin Yoshiwara. Yoshiwara was a famous pleasure district, in Edo (present-day Tokyo). The courtesans would consist of many … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Shin Yoshiwara Edomachi Nichome Kohki-roh Sankai no Zu
Date:
C1871
Artist:
Utagawa Yoshiiku (1833 - 1904)
Condition:
In good condition, three sheets joined.
Technique:
Woodblock
Image Size:
700mm
x 355mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1871
Description:
Superb woodblock of the beautiful courtesans watching the street below from the third floor of the tea house, Kokiro, at Edo-machi in Shin Yoshiwara. Yoshiwara was a famous pleasure district, in Edo (present-day Tokyo). The courtesans would consist of many ranks of yujo (women of pleasure).
Publisher Yorozuya Magobei
Biography:
Utagawa (or Ochiai ) Yoshiiku (1833-1904)
Yoshiiku was a famous wood block artist of beautiful women, actors and warriors.His father ran a teahouse and after showing promise he was apprenticed to Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861). Also working in the same studio was Yoshitoshi Tsukioka.In the late 1860s, Yoshiiku and Yoshitoshi collaborated on as series titled; Eimei nijuhasshuku series.
