Woodblock print with hand-colouring, uki-e. Scene in the interior of the daimonjiya teahouse, with courtesans smoking, playing board-game, performing music. Inscribed and signed. Date: 1745-1750 (c.). Dimensions: Height: 47.70 centimetres; Width: 69 centimetres. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Shin Yoshiwara Nakanocho Daimonjiya zashiki 新吉原仲ノ町大文字屋座敷 (Rooms at Daimonjiya on Nakanocho, New Yoshiwara) (BM 1922,1214,0.9)
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