A pleasure house with geisha and two men; a trainee geisha in the foreground plays the shamisen; one man seeks to pour the other a drink. Colour woodcut, 1868.

Date:
1868
Reference:
36906i
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Description

Probably taking place in Yanagibashi, a quarter on the Sumida river, just above Ryogoku bridge

The men are in semi-western dress, and are perhaps samurai who helped overthrow the shogun

Publication/Creation

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

Physical description

1 print : woodcut, printed in colours

Lettering

Bears censor's seal

Reference

Wellcome Collection 36906i

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