Okada Shuntosai (act. 1832-1861)
Murayama, the red-light district of Nagasaki in the province of Hizen, with Dutch merchants and Japanese courtesans
Copperplate engraving, H. 8.8 x W. 14.4 cm
The sign reads Koewagetoeroo hikichaya (i.e., Kagetsurõ hikichaya), the brothel Kagetsu, which is still there as a restaurant. This extremely rare engraving is depicted in Nishimura Tei, Nihon dõbangashi (The history of Japanese copperplates), Takatsuki, 1971 (1941), pl. 83. Another copy is in Kupferstich-Kabinet, Dresden (inv.no. 735v.1).
Copperplate engraving, H. 8.8 x W. 14.4 cm
The sign reads Koewagetoeroo hikichaya (i.e., Kagetsurõ hikichaya), the brothel Kagetsu, which is still there as a restaurant. This extremely rare engraving is depicted in Nishimura Tei, Nihon dõbangashi (The history of Japanese copperplates), Takatsuki, 1971 (1941), pl. 83. Another copy is in Kupferstich-Kabinet, Dresden (inv.no. 735v.1).
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