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One Hundred Famous Views of Edo “Dawn Inside Yoshiwara”

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Shizuoka city Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art

Shizuoka city Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art
297-1 Yui, Shimizu-ku Shizuoka City , Japan

Dawn begins to break at Yoshiwara, Edo’s only licensed pleasure quarter. It moved from Nihonbashi to Asakusa in 1659 and was renamed “Shin-Yoshiwara”. Coming out of the just opened gate is a male guest who is covering his face with a cloth.

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  • Title: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo “Dawn Inside Yoshiwara”
  • Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige
  • Date: 1857
Shizuoka city Tokaido Hiroshige Museum of Art

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