The Entrance to Ageya-machi, from the series Scenes in the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara no tei)

The Entrance to Ageya-machi, from the series Scenes in the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara no tei)

Hishikawa Moronobu 菱川師宣

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

A samurai with a servant has just passed the Omon, or great gate, the only entrance to the Yoshiwara quarter. Two men joke with two women on the main street, Nakamachi.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Entrance to Ageya-machi, from the series Scenes in the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara no tei)The Entrance to Ageya-machi, from the series Scenes in the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara no tei)The Entrance to Ageya-machi, from the series Scenes in the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara no tei)The Entrance to Ageya-machi, from the series Scenes in the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara no tei)The Entrance to Ageya-machi, from the series Scenes in the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara no tei)

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