print
- Museum number
- 1982,1007,0.6
- Title
- Object: Naniwa Shinmachi kuruwa naka tsusetsu yoru no kokei
- Description
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Colour woodblock print. Evening view of Osaka's brothel quarter, Shinmachi, with portraits of geisha above.
- Production date
- 1850s
- Dimensions
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Height: 354 millimetres
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Width: 230 millimetres
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- Curator's comments
- The print is in three bands and may originally have been intended to be cut or folded. The main scene shows courtesans processing at night with their retinues along the main street of the Shinmachi licensed Pleasure Quarter. (label copy, TTC, 1997)
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1982
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1982,1007,0.6
