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The Willow at the Gate of Shimabara
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
View of the entrance gate to the pleasure quarter Shimabara in Kyoto; a drunken man supported by a man and a woman, observed by laughing courtesans and visitors on the balcony of the restaurant behind the gate; to the right of the gate a water basin and a willow tree.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDe wilg bij de poort van Shimabara. 1832 - 1836. Utagawa Hiroshige (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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