Accession number: 1957. 158
display artist: kikukawa eizan
display title: courtesans of the ogiya brothel
creation date: ca. 1810-1815
height: 15 in. Width: 10 1/8 in. Display dimensions: 15 in. X 10 1/8 in. (38. 1 cm x 25. 72 cm)
publisher: yamadaya shobei
credit line: bequest of mrs. Cora timken burnett
label copy: "the ryogoku bridge, which marked the bustling center of downtown tokyo, had been a popular subject in prints from the late eighteenth to mid-nineteenth century. In this wistful presentation the pleasure boats stand empty, and two sole figures look away from the viewer towards the faint depiction of the bridge. A rickshaw at the left indicates the new, foreign way to travel in the city. "
collection: the san diego museum of art.
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