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Scenes in the Yoshiwara Pleasure District

(Japanese, 1682–1752?)
about Hôei (1704–11) - early Kyôhô (1716–36) eras
Medium/TechniqueSix-panel folding screen; ink, color, gold, and silver on paper
DimensionsImage: 83.2 x 266.6 cm (32 3/4 x 104 15/16 in.)
Overall: 94.5 x 279 cm (37 3/16 x 109 13/16 in.)
Credit LineFenollosa-Weld Collection
Accession number11.4624
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenancePrior to 1886 purchased by Ernest Francisco Fenollosa; 1886 purchased by Charles Goddard Weld from Ernest Fenollosa; 1911 bequeathed by Charles Goddard Weld to the Museum
Bridge and Willows
Kano Eitoku
17th century
Scenes of Pleasurable Pastimes
Miyagawa Chôshun
before Kyôhô era (1716–36)
Female Dancer
Miyagawa Chôshun
about Hôei (1704–11) - early Kyôhô (1716–36) eras
Conservation Status: After Treatment
Miyagawa Chôshun
18th century
Customs of the Twelve Months
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
Kôka (1844–48) - Kaei (1848–54) eras
Customs of the Twelve Months
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
Kôka (1844–48) - Kaei (1848–54) eras
Courtesan Seated on a Bench
Miyagawa Chôshun
Kyôhô era (1716–36)
Birds and Flowers
Watanabe Shôeki
late 19th century
Birds and Flowers
Watanabe Shôeki
late 19th century