Mount Fuji Seen from the Senju Pleasure Quarter

Catalog note / 解説

Part of a daimyo procession is passing down the Senju Road. Between the thatch-roofed houses, samurai soldiers are seen carrying guns wrapped in brown cloth. The samurai wear two swords, the symbols of their class. They are in uniform - kimono with a design of blue and white, and green trousers. Some of them glance at Mount Fuji for a moment, finding it beautiful. At the side of the highway are fields where two farm women rest on the path. The completely snow-covered Fuji and the golden field indicates late autumn and the approaching winter. The fenced-in buildings beyond the field are the brothels of the district of Senju, often called Flower Town. Unlike the more famous Yoshiwara pleasure…