#OA6
1860-1870s
Wood block ca. 17,5x32 cm (7 x 12 ½ in), with the image size ca. 12,5x27 cm (5 x 10 ½ in). Additional title in Japanese characters on the margins of the block rephrasing the printed title on the image. Wood block in near fine condition.
A very detailed yamato-e perspective woodblock of a brothel in Edo (modern-day Tokyo), by an unknown artist, mostly likely carved in the early Meiji Period. An excellent example of the artistic skill of Japanese woodblock carvers, it is supplemented with a recent example of the print on Japanese paper. The very detailed executed scene shows a birds-eye view of the interior of an upper-class geisha house in Edo. Several inner rooms expose geishas entertaining customers with talks, servants bringing various items, a drunk client being supported by two geishas, etc. Overall a beautiful example of a Japanese wood block carving.
