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Scene in the Yoshiwara
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Scene in the Yoshiwara

Utagawa Toyokuni (I) · c. 1800 - c. 1805 · color woodcut; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Two samurai and four passersby, looking at a group of courtesans; in the square cartouche top left a poem by Takao. Due to the maple leaves in the cartouche, it could be about the famous courtesan Takao, who had a maple leaf as an emblem.

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surimono
Credit lineScene in the Yoshiwara. c. 1800 - c. 1805. Utagawa Toyokuni (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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