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Bird's-eye View of a Yoshiwara Brothel
Bird's-eye View of a Yoshiwara Brothel
Bird's-eye View of a Yoshiwara Brothel

Bird's-eye View of a Yoshiwara Brothel

Artist (Japanese, 1839 - 1892)
Date1870
Place of ManufactureAsia
Mediumwoodcut Medium Remarks: coloured inks; mica
DimensionsOverall (sheet measurements; measured with 3 sections mounted together): 36.5 x 74 cm
ClassificationsFINE ART
Credit LineGiven in Memory of Hilda Hale by the Asian Art Society of Victoria
Object number2008.002.003 a-c
Descriptiontriptych; Birdseye view of an interior scene in a brothel depicting various rooms filled with Geisha, servants and visitors engaged in numerous activities. One drunk man is escorted out by two ladies.
Colour: multi-coloured
Status
Not on view
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