The Shin Yoshiwara in Kyomachi

(Shin Yoshiwara Kyomachi, 新吉原京町)

c. 1831

Publisher: Kawaguchi-ya Chôzô

 

This series is not listed in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961).  The prints are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban. 

 

 

Title: The courtesan Motozugi of the Daimojiya in Shin-Yoshiwara, Kyomachi 1-chome (大文字屋内 本津枝)

Inset: Ryôgoku Bridge

 

 

I am grateful to Robert Pryor for this aizuri-e version of the above design. 

 

 

 

 

 

Description: Beauty looking at box on a low table

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Description: Beauty with brazier

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Title: Hanaogi of Ogiya, 1-chome Edomachi, Shin-yoshiwara (新吉原江戸町一丁目 扇屋内 花扇)　

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Title: Kadomachi of the Matsubaya in the Shinyoshiwara (新吉原角町 松葉屋内 粧ひ)　

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“Robinson” indicates listing in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson, 1961, Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

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