Cherry Blossoms at Night on Naka-no-chō in the Yoshiwara , c. 1832-1838
16.4 x 20.3 in (h x w)
Woodblock print

Here, Hiroshige depicts people who might interact on a typical night during cherry blossom season in Yoshiwara, one of the Edo’s licensed pleasure quarters. Notably, an oiran, or high-ranking sex worker, wears an orange gown and is accompanied by her young attendants, as a possible suitor in a black haori coat looks over his shoulder at her. (RR)

Exhibited by:

The Berman Museum of Art

Other works by Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797-1858)

Shimosuwa, from The Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaidō , c. 1835-1843
16.4 x 20.3 in (h x w)
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