Complete View of a Courtesan House in Tokyo
- Date:
- 1870, 3rd lunar month
- Medium:
- Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 36.8 × 25.4 cm
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Description
"Complete View of a Courtesan House in Tokyo" (1870) provides a panoramic interior view of one of the establishments that defined the Yoshiwara pleasure district, now transplanted in the early Meiji era from Edo to the renamed metropolis of Tokyo. The print functions as a kind of architectural and social document, showing the elaborate spatial hierarchy of the pleasure quarter—the display rooms where courtesans received visitors, the inner chambers reserved for honored guests. Yoshitoshi's treatment combines bijin-ga portraiture with the bird's-eye perspective of architectural topographic prints.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Complete View of a Courtesan House in Tokyo was created by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡芳年) in 1870, 3rd lunar month.
Complete View of a Courtesan House in Tokyo depicts landscapes and bijin-ga, set at Tokyo.
Complete View of a Courtesan House in Tokyo measures 36.8 × 25.4 cm (Oban format).