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The Main Gate, New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara Ômon-guchi)

The Main Gate, New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara Ômon-guchi)

(Japanese, active about 1720–1750)
(Japanese)
(Japanese)
about 1745 (Enkyô 2)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print; ink on paper, with hand-applied color
DimensionsHorizontal double ôban; 43.3 x 64 cm (17 1/16 x 25 3/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24
Accession number54.181
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)
Actor Ôtani Hiroji I as Asahina
Actor Ôtani Hiroji I as Asahina
Torii Kiyotada I
1733 (Kyôhô 18), 1st month (?)
Actor Ichikawa Masugorô as a Child with a Hobbyhorse
Actor Ichikawa Masugorô as a Child with a Hobbyhorse
Torii Kiyotada I
about 1728 (Kyôhô 13)
Conservation Status: After Treatment
Actors Sanjô Kantarô II and Ichimura Takenojô IV
Torii Kiyotada I
about 1719 (Kyôho 4)
Actor Arashi Kiyosaburô II
Actor Arashi Kiyosaburô II
Torii Kiyotada I
about 1720--23 (Kyôhô 5--8)
Actor Arashi Kiyosaburô II as a Courtesan with a Boy Attendant
Actor Arashi Kiyosaburô II as a Courtesan with a Boy Attendant
Torii Kiyotada I
about 1720--23 (Kyôhô 5--8)
Actors Sawamura Sôjûrô I as Hosokawa Katsumoto, Ichikawa Monnosuke I as Ashikaga Yoshimasa, and Yamashita Kinsaku I as Ono no Otsû
Actors Sawamura Sôjûrô I as Hosokawa Katsumoto, Ichikawa Monnosuke I as Ashikaga Yoshimasa, and Yamashita Kinsaku I as Ono no Otsû
Torii Kiyotada I
1724 (Kyôhô 9), 11th month
Actor Ogino Izaburô I as Watanabe no Tsuna
Actor Ogino Izaburô I as Watanabe no Tsuna
Torii Kiyotada I
1723 (Kyôho 8), 11th month
Hangaku Ejima-hime and Asaina Saburô Yoshihide
Hangaku Ejima-hime and Asaina Saburô Yoshihide
Torii Kiyotada I
late 1730s
Woman Holding an Origami Crane
Woman Holding an Origami Crane
Torii Kiyotada I
Actors Sanogawa Mangiku as Imagawa and Fujimura Handayû II
Actors Sanogawa Mangiku as Imagawa and Fujimura Handayû II
Torii Kiyotada I
1719 (Kyôhô 4), 9th month
Woman Holding a Jôruri Libretto (Katô bushi)
Woman Holding a Jôruri Libretto (Katô bushi)
Torii Kiyotada I
about 1718 (Kyôhô 3)
The Main Gate, New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara Ômon-guchi)
The Main Gate, New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara Ômon-guchi)
Torii Kiyotada I
about 1745 (Enkyô 2)