Yoshiwara Prints (13)

Hour of the Tiger (Tora no koku = 4 AM) from the series Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seirô jûni toki tsuzuki), Late Edo period, circa 1794

Woodblock print

Hour of the Rat [12pm] (Ne no koku), from the series "The Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro juni toki tsuzuki)"

c. 1794

Color woodblock print; oban

Hour of the Ox [2am] (Ushi no koku), from the series "The Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seiro juni toki tsuzuki)"

c. 1794

Color woodblock print; oban

Hour of the Hare [6am] (U no koku), from the series “The Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara” ("Seiro juni toki tsuzuki")

c. 1794

Color woodblock print; oban

Hour of the Monkey [4pm] (Saru no koku), from the series “The Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara” ("Seiro juni toki tsuzuki")

c. 1794

Color woodblock print; oban

Hour of the Tiger [4am] (Tora no koku), from the series The Twelve Hours in Yoshiwara (Seirō jūni toki tsuzuki)

c. 1794 (Kansei 6)

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink, and metallic filings on paper

Akashi of the Tamaya, from the series Seven Komachis of Yoshiwara (Seiro nana Komachi) (Tamaya uchi Akashi, Uraji, Shimano)

Woodblock print

Courtesan Akashi of the Tamaya, kamuro Uraji and Shimano, from the series Seven Komachis of Yoshiwara (Seirō nana Komachi)

c. 1796

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Yosooi of the Matsubaya, from the series Selections from Six Houses in Yoshiwara (Seiro rokkasen) (Matsubaya Yosooi)

c. 1801/02

Color woodblock print; oban

Yosooi of the Matsubaya, from the series Selections from Six Houses in Yoshiwara (Seiro rokkasen) (Matsubaya Yosooi)

Woodblock print

Omando: Ochie, Onokichi of the Matsuya, from the series Female Geisha Section of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival (Seiro niwaka onna geisha no bu) (Omando, Matsuya uchi Ochie, Onokichi)

1783

Color woodblock print; oban

Folding Fan Seller, Round Fan Seller, and Barley Pounder (Ogi-uri, uchiwa-uri, mugi-tsuki), from the series "Female Geisha Section of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival (Seiro niwaka onna geisha no bu)"

1793

Color woodblock print; oban

Hidematsu, Yasokichi, Izukiyo of the Otsuya (Otsuya uchi Hidematsu, Yasokichi, Izukiyo), from the series "Female Geisha Section of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival (Seiro niwaka onna geisha no bu)"

1783

Color woodblock print; oban