Yoshiwara, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)"
- Date:
- c. 1806
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; chuban
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
A thatched lean-to shelter with bamboo posts frames the scene: at left a man in a short indigo coat pounds or stirs the contents of a large barrel-shaped tub with a pole, watched by a boy in a red garment beside him, while at right two women in patterned kimono (one grey-green, one red and grey) pull or push against a long horizontal pole. Green hills, a band of water, and pine and blossoming trees fill the background under a pale sky, with pink-blossomed branches at the lower right; the palette is muted — indigo, ochre, sage green, and coral red on cream paper, bordered by a brown mat. The title cartouche reads "Yoshiwara" with the series label "Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi" in the upper right; chuban color woodblock print, Katsushika Hokusai, 1801.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yoshiwara, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)" was created by Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎) in c. 1806.
Yes — Yoshiwara, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)" is part of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido series by Katsushika Hokusai.
Yoshiwara, from the series "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido (Tokaido gojusan tsugi)" depicts landscapes and tōkaidō.