Street scene in the Yoshiwara, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1680, Japan, Monochrome woodblock print; ink on paper, 10 1/8 x 15 1/5 in. (25.7 x 38.6 cm), Prints, Hishikawa Moronobu (Japanese, died 1694), The customers, one with his face hidden beneath a straw hat, view the women who are exhibited in barred rooms (harimise}; the man sitting inside is an assistant (gyū) who helps select a woman.
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Street scene, Yoshiwara, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1680, Japan, Monochrome woodblock print, ink, paper, 10 1/8 x 15 1/5, 25.7 38.6 cm, Prints, Hishikawa Moronobu, Japanese, died, 1694, customers, face hidden, beneath, straw hat, view, women, exhibited, barred rooms, harimise}, man sitting, inside, assistant, gyū, helps select, woman
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