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View from Massaki of the Suijin Woods, the Uchikawa River and Sekiya Village

Glossary

Yoshiwara

  • Yoshiwara

    The Yoshiwara was the licensed pleasure district in Edo (Tokyo), where courtesans resided.

Past Exhibition

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Location

    • currently in research collection

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Publications online

  • Hiroshige’s Views of Tokyo by Oliver Impey

    Hiroshige’s Views of Tokyo

    From the second floor of a dengaku (grilled tofu) restaurant we look at Mount Tsukuba from the other side of the Sumida River to that of the vantage point of the previous print [EAX.4351]. The 'moon-viewing' window, with the arrangement of camellia in a hanging basket to one side frames the view.

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