Hiroshige’s Views of Tokyo
A catalogue of the Ashmolean’s collection of prints of Edo by Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858) by Oliver Impey (published Oxford, 1993).
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Dawn Inside the Yoshiwara
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Literature notes
A side-street of the pleasure quarter of Edo at dawn, with customers and a taiyu (fourth from the left), a high-class courtesan, going home after a night of revelry. The customer in the foreground has his face concealed by the customary discreet garment. -
Details
- Series
- One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
- Associated place
- Date
- 1856 - 1858
- Artist/maker
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Utagawa Hiroshige I (1797 - 1858) (designer)
- Associated people
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Uoya Eikichi (active mid-19th century) (publisher)
- Material and technique
- woodblock print, with bokashi (tonal gradation)
- Dimensions
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mount 55.5 x 40.2 cm (height x width)
print 34.9 x 23.5 cm (height x width)
- Material index
- Technique index
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Mrs Allan and Mr and Mrs H. N. Spalding, 1952.
- Accession no.
- EAX.4353
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Further reading
Impey, Oliver, Hiroshige's Views of Tokyo: A Selection from the Woodblock-Print Series ‘One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo’ by Ando Hiroshige, 1797-1858 (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1993), no. 6 on p. 9, illus. p. 17 pl. 6
Glossary
Yoshiwara
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Yoshiwara
The Yoshiwara was the licensed pleasure district in Edo (Tokyo), where courtesans resided.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Publications online
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Hiroshige’s Views of Tokyo
A side-street of the pleasure quarter of Edo at dawn, with customers and a taiyu (fourth from the left), a high-class courtesan, going home after a night of revelry. The customer in the foreground has his face concealed by the customary discreet garment.
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