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Utagawa Toyoharu
Nakano-chō Street in the Shin Yoshiwara Entertainment Quarterearly 1770s

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Japanese woodblock print of a crowded nighttime street scene with orange-toned timber buildings, hanging lanterns, and dozens of robed figures, rendered in exaggerated linear perspective

Utagawa Toyoharu, Nakano-chō Street in the Shin Yoshiwara Entertainment Quarter, early 1770s, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Carl Holmes, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Utagawa Toyoharu
Japan, 1733-1814
Title
Nakano-chō Street in the Shin Yoshiwara Entertainment Quarter
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
early 1770s
Period
Edo period (1603-1868)
Medium
Color woodblock print
Dimensions
Image: 9 13/16 × 14 3/4 in. (24.92 × 37.47 cm) Sheet: 9 13/16 × 14 3/4 in. (24.92 × 37.47 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Carl Holmes
Accession Number
M.71.100.152
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art