The Entrance to Ageya-machi, from the series Scenes in the Yoshiwara (Yoshiwara no tei)
Summary
A samurai with a servant has just passed the Omon, or great gate, the only entrance to the Yoshiwara quarter. Two men joke with two women on the main street, Nakamachi.
Hishikawa Moronobu (Japanese, died 1694)
Edo period (1615–1868)
Tags
Date
1681 - 1683
Location
Source
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Copyright info
Public Domain Dedication (CC0)