Chester Beatty
Women in garden of the Chōjiya house
Utagawa Toyokuni
Colour woodblock print, Women in garden of the Chōjiya house by Utagawa Toyokuni, published by Wakasaya Yoichi in Edo (modern Tokyo), Japan, around 1792. Right sheet from a triptych, ōban format, nishiki-e print. The complete triptych shows a game of kickball (kemari) taking place in the garden of a Yoshiwara brothel. The woman shown here watching from the verandah appears to be Hinazuru, indicated by the character on her robe.
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