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[Morning at the yoshiwara] – Historic Print

[Morning at the yoshiwara], 1780 — historic print
[Morning at the yoshiwara], 1780. Historic print from the Japanese Prints collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few places in Edo were as famous as the Yoshiwara, the walled and licensed pleasure quarter where courtesans and their houses drew crowds of townspeople, and this scene turns to its quieter hours after dawn. The record dates the print to 1780, a period when the district was a favorite subject for artists of the floating world. The engraver listed, Koizumi Minokichi, worked much later, from 1833 to 1906, so the date may refer to an earlier original design rather than this printing. Viewers may want to note the catalog's subject tags, courtesans and brothels, which place the image within that world.

Created / published1780
CreatorKoizumi Minokichi 1833-1906 engraver.
Medium1 print : woodcut color.
NotesForms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress). Preliminary catalog record
SubjectsCourtesans--Japan--1780-1820. Brothels--Japan--1780-1820.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Japanese Fine Prints
Original scan4,541 × 3,646 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-JFP-227267

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