Perspective Picture of the Yoshiwara at Night

浮絵　夜の吉原

Kitao Shigemasa (Japanese, 1739–1820)

Japanese

Edo period

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Horizontal aiban; 21 x 30 cm (8 1/4 x 11 13/16 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Langenbach in memory of Charles Hovey Pepper

Accession Number54.1498

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionTitle and publisher's mark possibly in right margin, cut off of this impression.

Signed Kitao Shigemasa

Provenance1954, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Langenbach to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 9, 1954)