A courtesan seated provocatively with her hand on a pillow. Colour woodcut, 1868.

Date:
1868
Reference:
36904i
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Description

The hotel for foreigners at Tsukuji was completed in 1868, the date of issue: as this woman is a courtesan it suggests there were brothels at the hotel

Publication/Creation

Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], 1868.

Physical description

1 print : woodcut, printed in colours

Lettering

Bears publisher's mark, censor's seal and set title

Notes

Illustration of the hotel at Tsukuji, a famous place in Tokyo

Reference

Wellcome Collection 36904i

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