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Yoshiwara and Kanbara
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Yoshiwara and Kanbara

Utagawa Yoshiiku · 1860 · color woodcut; nishiki-e; paper

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

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Two images in chuban format printed one above the other on a single sheet. Top: The Yoshiwara station, the fourteenth resting place along the Tokaido; three men dressed as travelers, near a stone wall and pine trees. Bottom: The Kanbara station, the fifteenth resting place along the Tokaido; an old man and woman by a ladder while a half-naked man falls through a facade.

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Credit lineYoshiwara en Kanbara. 1860. Utagawa Yoshiiku. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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