Hiroshige – Yoshiwara

Japanese woodblock print. The first edition of this design was published in 1855. The current print was printed in 1891.

Image size (excluding margins): 34.5 * 22.4 cm (13.6 * 8.8 in).

The print is in fair state. It has a lot of strong wrinkles throughout the image and is discolored.

The pictures shown here are from the print itself.

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 – 1858) was one of the most famous Japanese woodblock print artists, considered the last great ukiyo-e master. He has had a lasting impact on both Japanese print artists as well as on Western painters such as Van Gogh and Monet and his prints are still widely admired to this day.

An overview of the woodblock prints by Hiroshige can be found here.

See an overview of Hiroshige's woodblock prints