The Entrance to Ageya-machi, from the series Scenes in the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara no tei)
よしわらの躰 揚屋町入口
Japanese
Edo period
about 1681–84 (Tenna 1–4)
Attributed to Hishikawa Moronobu (Japanese, died 1694)
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba City Art Mus., Hishikawa Moronobu ten (2000), cat. no. 36; Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 5 (1980), #544 (detail); Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 6 (1982), #15
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 27.3 x 42.3 cm (10 3/4 x 16 5/8 in.)
Accession Number
21.5803
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color added later
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Sheet 8 from a series of 12.
Signed
Unsigned
無款
Provenance
June 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from L. E. Charnley; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection