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Yashima Gakutei

View of the Yoshiwara, 1820s

Description

Maker

  • Yashima Gakutei, 1786?-1868, Japanese

Title

View of the Yoshiwara

Year

1820s

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print with embossing and metallic embellishment

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink and color

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Length: 21.3 cm (8 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Calligraphy at right.

Place

Japan

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of George Pierce Metcalf

Object Number

56.039.31

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Pleasure of Edo

March 24 - June 18, 2000

Women in Japanese Prints

March 5 - May 9, 1993

Private Images in Print

July 31 - September 27, 1992

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is View of the Yoshiwara with the accession number of 56.039.31. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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