Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 39460
The Niwaka Festival in the Yoshiwara
- Artist / 作者
- Utagawa Kuniyoshi歌川国芳
- Date / 年代
- 1850-1852
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / vam
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 2000 × 1590 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Published by / 公開者
- 白石カナ
- Rights / 権利
- Commercial license required
- Attribution / 表記
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Catalog note / 解説
Japanese woodblock prints were commercial productions made for popular consumption. They were made by artists, block cutters and printers working independently to the instructions of specialist publishers. Fan prints like this were mounted on rigid bamboo frames and sold in large numbers during Japan's hot and humid summer. This print depicts a scene from the Niwaka Festival in the Yoshiwara, the main pleasure quarter in Edo (modern Tokyo). It was a separate district with its own gates and contained numerous teahouses and brothels frequented by wealthy townspeople during their leisure hours.
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