The Fourth Scene, from the series Scenes of the Pleasure Quarter at Yoshiwara in Edo

The Fourth Scene, from the series Scenes of the Pleasure Quarter at Yoshiwara in Edo

Hishikawa Moronobu 菱川師宣

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

In this Yoshiwara street scene, the three women at the left are the center of attention. The water tank and buckets in the background are at the ready in case of fire in the narrow, crowded streets of the pleasure quarter. Yoshiwara burned down completely in 1676, just a few years before this print was made.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Fourth Scene, from the series Scenes of the Pleasure Quarter at Yoshiwara in EdoThe Fourth Scene, from the series Scenes of the Pleasure Quarter at Yoshiwara in EdoThe Fourth Scene, from the series Scenes of the Pleasure Quarter at Yoshiwara in EdoThe Fourth Scene, from the series Scenes of the Pleasure Quarter at Yoshiwara in EdoThe Fourth Scene, from the series Scenes of the Pleasure Quarter at Yoshiwara in Edo

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