Cleveland Museum of Art
New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital
Utagawa KuniyoshiLinkedCulture matchlcp-342b9dd11d24
- Date
- early 1830s
- Medium
- color woodblock print
- Culture
- Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 111672
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
In this dramatic night scene, Kuniyoshi emphasized the moon and its huge glowing halo. He employed Western-style shadows beneath the figures and the palanquin. The man at the center is singing with his mouth wide open. Perhaps he is headed home after drinking in New Yoshiwara, the pleasure quarter, visible only as a series of low rooflines in the background beyond the rice paddies. The chatting pair and wealthy passenger inside the palanquin may be on their way to the pleasure quarter.
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- Credit line
- Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore
- Provenance
- (Yamanaka & Co., New York, NY, sold to Edward L. Whittemore) | ?–1930: Edward L. Whittemore [1862–1930], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1930–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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