Catalog record · 目録番号 100644

Yokohama Pleasure Quarters

Artist / 作者: Utagawa Yoshikazu歌川芳員
Date / 年代: 1861
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / robynbuntin
Digital image / 画像: 500 × 362 px
Published by / 公開者: 水野ナギ

Catalog note / 解説

The two left panels of a triptych pictured and described in Yonemura, YOKOHAMA PRINTS, p. 148 The scene is the Gankiro establishment in the Miyozaki Pleasure Quarters of Meiji Yokohama. Sitting on the floor in Japanese style, several foreign men enjoy food, sake served from ceramic bottles, and the companionship of Japanese geisha. Two geisha play the samisen as one of the foreigners performs a dance.

Image record / 画像情報

ROBYNBUNTIN · 1861 · robynbuntin

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