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Pentaptych of the main street in the Yoshiwara Brothel District

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Title Pentaptych of the main street in the Yoshiwara Brothel District
Artist Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国 (1769–1825)
Date c. early 1790s
Publisher Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendō) 和泉屋泉市 (甘泉堂)
Signature Toyokuni ga 豊国画
Censorship seal(s) kiwame 極
Publisher’s seal(s) Sen’ichi han 泉市版
Inscription

The sheets are numbered to indicate their order.
Technique & material Woodblock print; full colour print; pigment on paper
Format ōban pentaptiek
Object number SH2018-DM-228
Credit Line Gift of Muck and Mieke Douma
Provenance Gifted to the Japan Museum SieboldHuis in April 2018 by Muck and Mieke Douma

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