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Famous Restaurants of the Eastern Metropolis: Yaozen

Hiroshige, Utagawa Kunisada III, Kunisada1852

Ajinomoto Foundation For Dietary Culture

Ajinomoto Foundation For Dietary Culture
Tokyo, Japan

This image depicts the ryōtei (high-class restaurant) judged the best in all of Edo: Yaozen. The image was printed in An Insider’s Guide to Popular Restaurants in Edo, written by Yaoya Zenjirō. Their recipes appear in the fourth book of the fourth volume and the image by Kuwagata Keisai (better known as Kitao Masayoshi) seen here features in the first volume.

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  • Title: Famous Restaurants of the Eastern Metropolis: Yaozen
  • Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865)
  • Date Created: 1852
  • Rights: Ajinomoto Foundation for Dietary Culture
Ajinomoto Foundation For Dietary Culture

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