B2F

March 26 (Tue.) - May 19 (Sun.), 2024
*Exhibits will change during the exhibition period.

① First semester: March 26 (Tue.) - April 21 (Sun.)② Second semester: April 23 (Tue.) - May 19 (Sun.)

The University Art Museum,
Tokyo University of the Arts
Notes
■ This list is written in the following order: Artist, Title, Year/era, Collection, Catalogue number, The exhibition period.
■ ’The catalogue numbers’ agree with those in the official exhibition catalogue but works are not displayed in numerical order.
■ Some of the exhibits or the display may be changed as circumstances require.
■ For the protection of the works, some works will be changed during the exhibition period.
■ Although the titles of the works and its descriptions may be deemed to use terms
that are not appropriate today from the perspective of human rights protection,
we have treated them as indicating the social awareness and values at the time of the work's creation.

Name

[ 1 ]

Title

■ No Re-entry allowed.
■ Please do not touch the exhibits or display cases.
■ Photography is not permitted in the exhibition rooms.
■ Please refrain from copying or using writing utensils other thanpencils in the exhibition rooms.
■ Please refrain from talking on cell phones, etc. in the exhibition rooms.

Year/era

Collection

Catalogue No. Exh period

B2F

1- 0

Yoshiwara exhibition

Fukuda Miran[ 1 ](Ueno Park)

Organised by: Tokyo University of the Arts, The Tokyo Shimbun, TV Asahi Corporation
With the special support of: Shitamachi Museum, Chiba City Museum of Art
With the transport support of: Japan Airlines, Nippon Cargo Airlines
With the support of: Taito City / With the assistance of: Geidai Friends

1-1

2024

Collection of the Artist

228

Yo s h i w a r a

Utagawa Hiroshige①②

B2F
Mid 19th century

Edo-Tokyo Museum

72①

Yoshiwara guide map board game

Early 19th century

Edo-Tokyo Museum

73②

Formal Procession of a Yoshiwara Courtesan to an ageya (house

Late 18th century

The British Museum

77①②

Famous Places of the Eastern Capital: Cherry Trees in Full Bloomin Yoshiwara

Shimasanjin (Utagawa KuninobuⅠ) /Utagawa KuninobuⅠ
Katsukawa Shunchōof assignation)
Torii Kiyonaga

The Chōjiya Brothel in Edo-chō, 2-chōme in Shin-Yoshiwara

Late 18th century

The British Museum

81①②

Utagawa Kunisada

Illustration of the Upper Floor of a Brothel

1813

The British Museum

84①②

Utagawa Toyoharu

Shin-Yoshiwara in Spring

Late 18th century

Private Collection

76①②

Kitagawa Utamaro

From the series 'One Day in Yoshiwara': Hour of the Hare [6 am]c.1794

Kawasaki Isago-no-sato Museum

135②

Kitagawa Utamaro

From the series 'One Day in Yoshiwara': Hour of the Dragon [8 am]

c.1794

Kawasaki Isago-no-sato Museum

136①

Kitagawa Utamaro

From the series 'One Day in Yoshiwara': Hour of the Snake [10 am]

c.1794The British Museum

137

①②

Kitagawa Utamaro

From the series 'One Day in Yoshiwara': Hour of the Horse [12 am]c.1794

Ota Memorial Museum of Art

138②

Kitagawa Utamaro

From the series 'One Day in Yoshiwara': Hour of the Sheep [2 pm]

c.1794The British Museum

139

①②

Kitagawa Utamaro

From the series 'One Day in Yoshiwara': Hour of the Monkey [4 pm]

c.1794

Kawasaki Isago-no-sato Museum

140①

Kitagawa Utamaro

From the series 'One Day in Yoshiwara': Hour of the Cock [6 pm]

c.1794The British Museum

141

①②

Kitagawa Utamaro

From the series 'One Day in Yoshiwara': Hour of the Dog [8 pm]

c.1794

Tobacco & Salt Museum

142①

Kitagawa Utamaro

From the series 'One Day in Yoshiwara': Hour of the Boar [10 pm]

c.1794

Hagi Uragami Museum

143②

Kitagawa Utamaro

From the series 'One Day in Yoshiwara': Hour of the Rat [12 pm]

c.1794The British Museum

144

①②

Kitagawa Utamaro

From the series 'One Day in Yoshiwara': Hour of the Ox [2 am]c.1794The British Museum

145

①②

Kitagawa Utamaro

From the series 'One Day in Yoshiwara': Hour of the Tiger [4 am]c.1794

Kawasaki Isago-no-sato Museum

146

①

[ 2 ]

2 -1

Yo s h iwa r a i n it s for m at ive ye a r s : T he a mu s ement s of wa r r ior s a nd men of me a n s

Attributed to Furuyama Moroshige

B2F

Yoshiwara saiken (A guidebook for visitors to Yoshiwara)

Late 17th century

Edo-Tokyo Museum2①

Shin-Yoshiwara saiken (A guidebook for visitors to Yoshiwara)

1691

Edo-Tokyo Museum

3②

Genre Scenes in Yoshiwara

17th - 18th century

Nara Prefectural Museum of Art

10①

Genre Scenes in Yoshiwara

Late 17th -Nara Prefectural Museum of Art

11②

Tokyo University of the Arts.

6①②early 18th century
Yoshiwara hayari kouta sōmakuri (Complete collection of kouta

1819（first edition 1660)

ballads in vogue in Yoshiwara)

University Library

Hishikawa Moronobu

Edo Sparrow (A pictorial guide to famous places in Edo)

1677

Chiba City Museum of Art

4①②

Ishikawa Ryūsen (Tomonobu)

Hyōban Yoshiwara shichifukujin (Yoshiwara's Reputed Seven Gods

1713

Edo-Tokyo Museum

5①②

Early 19th century

Tekisuiken Memorial Cultural

1②

of Fortune)
Kuwagata Keisai / Inscription by Ōta

Courtesan and Samurai

Promotion Foundation (On deposit at

Nanpo

Chiba City Museum of Art)

Hishikawa Moronobu

Scenes of Yoshiwara and Kabuki Scenes

17th century

Tokyo National Museum

9①

Amusements in Yoshiwara

Late 17th century

Nara Prefectural Museum of Art

8

①

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Name

Title

Year/era

Collection

Hishikawa Morohira

Genre Scenes in Spring and Autumn

Late 17th -Idemitsu Museum of Art

Catalogue No. Exh period
7②

early 18th century
Hanabusa Itchō

Genre Scenes in Yoshiwarac.1703

Suntory Museum

12①②

Kawamata Tsunemasa

Pleasure Seekers in the Brothel District

18th century

Itabashi Art Museum

14①

Miyagawa Isshō

Genre Scene of Yoshiwarac.1736-41

Chiba City Museum of Art

13②

Kosode: shōgi chessboard design with ground stones on white

17th century

Nezu Museum

17 3/26 - 4/7

c.1716

Chiba City Museum of Art

166

4/9 - 5/19

Kyoto Prefecture (Administered by

15

②

16

①②

figured satin
Hishikawa Morotane

The Actor Nakamura Takesaburō and the Courtesan Komurasakiof the Miuraya Brothel
Procession of Courtesans in the Rain / Ageya sashigami (A written

Kikuchi Yōsai

19th century

summons from an ageya teahouse)

the Museum of Kyoto)

Dolls in costume (A man of wealth, servant, and a female

18th century

Tokyo National Museum

attendant)

[ 2 ]

2-2

B2F

T s u t a y a J ū z a b u r ō : I n s t i g a t o r o f Yo s h i w a r a c u l t u r e
Guidebook for Visitors to Yoshiwara

1789

Taito Ward Central Library108①

Guidebook for Visitors to Yoshiwara

1792

Taito Ward Central Library

109①

Guidebook for Visitors to Yoshiwara

1797

Taito Ward Central Library110②

Kitao Masanobu (Santō Kyōden)The Handwriting of 'Modern Beauties' in Yoshiwara

1784

Chiba City Museum of Art

111

①②

Taketsueno Sugaru / Kitagawa

Sorekarairaiki

1784

Tobacco & Salt Museum

112

①②

Perspective Picture of Sunset at Yoshiwara in the Eastern Capital

Late 18th century

Kanagawa Prefectural

113

②

107

①②

UtamaroKitao Masayoshi (Kuwagata Keisai)Museum of Cultural History
Kitao Shigemasa / Katsukawa

A Reflection of 'Beautiful Women' of the Pleasure Quarter

1776

University LibraryShunshō[ 2 ]Tokyo University of the Arts.

2-3' B eaut i f u l women' i n colou r wo odbro ck pr i nt s

B2F

Chōbunsai Eishi

A Parody of Rokkasen: Priest Kisen

c.1796-98

The British Museum

23①②

Chōbunsai Eishi

The Courtesan Takigawa of the Ōgiya Brothel. From the set 'First

c.1794The British Museum

24①②

c.1794The British Museum

25①②

c.1795The British Museum

26①②

Appearance at Yoshiwara'
The Courtesan Tokiwagi of the Kanaya Brothel with her

Chōbunsai Eishi

attendants' names Haruno and Tokiwa. From the series 'New Year
Fashions as Fresh as Young Leaves'
The Courtesan Nakagawa with her attendants Niono and Isoji.

Chōbunsai Eishi

From the series 'Opening of the New Quarters of the Matsubaya
Brothel'Chōkōsai Eishō

Two Geisha performing the Harukoma dancec.1793-94

The British Museum

27①②

Kitagawa Utamaro

Nanakomachi in Yoshiwara: The Courtesan Takigawa of the Ōgiya

c. 1794-1805

Hagi Uragami Museum

18①c.1801-02

Hagi Uragami Museum

19②c.1801-02

Hagi Uragami Museum

20①c.1789-1801

Edo-Tokyo Museum

21②c.1794Chiba City Museum of Art

22①

BrothelKitagawa Utamaro

The Courtesan Yosooi of the Matsubaya Brothel. From the series'Selections from Six Houses in Yoshiwara'

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Courtesans Segawa and Ichikawa of the Matsubaya Brothel(with sumo wrestler dolls)

Kitagawa Utamaro

Pairing of the Courtesans Shinateru and Sayagata of the
Okamotoya Brothel

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Courtesans Hanamurasaki, Sekiya and Teriha of the Tamaya
Brothel. From the series 'The Brothels of Nanakomachi'

[ 2 ]

2-4

T h e l a t t e r y e a r s o f Yo s h i w a r a : P r e s t i g e a n d p o p u l a r i s a t i o n

B2F

Katsukawa Shunshō

Seven Beauties of the Bamboo Grovec.1789-92

Tokyo University of the Arts

28②

Katsukawa Shunshō

Courtesan and Geishac.1781

Tokyo University of the Arts

29①

Kubo Shunman /Courtesan Promenading with her Attendants

Late 18th century

Idemitsu Museum of Art

158①

Kitagawa Utamaro

Beauty Enjoying the Coolc.1794-95

Chiba City Museum of Art

212②

Katsukawa Shunshō

Summer and Winter Scenes at the Pleasure Quarterc.1787-88

Idemitsu Museum of Art

31①

Inscription by the Courtesan Nioteru

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Name

Title

Year/era

Collection

Katsukawa Shunshō/ Inscription

Courtesan and Swallows

18th century

Tokyo National Museum

Utagawa Toyoharu

Four Seasons in the Pleasure Quarter

1795

Utagawa Toyoharu /Courtesan with Attendants

Late 18th -Catalogue No. Exh period30②

Private Collection

32①

Edo-Tokyo Museum33②

by Ōta Nanpo

early 19th century

Inscription by Tani Bunchō
Mizuno Rochō

Beauties under Cherry Trees

1816

Idemitsu Museum of Art

34②

Utagawa Kunisada

Scenes from the theatre district and Shin-Yoshiwara

19th century

Seikado Bunko Art Museum

35

①②

[ 2 ]

2-5

B2F

T h e w o r l d o f k y ō k a i n t h e Te n m e i e r aŌta Nanpo / Mitsui Tankyū

Shiriyake no Sarundo in Thirty-six Selected Kyōka (short comic

1783

Tokyo University of the Arts.

114

①②

115

①②

116

①②

University Library

poetry) and Ryakuga (sketches)
Yadoyano Meshimori /Moto no Mokuami and Shiriyake no Sarundo in the Kyōka (short

Kitao Masanobu

comic poetry) Anthology of Ancient and Modern Times Kokon

1787

Tokyo University of the Arts.
University Librarykyōka bukuro
1786

Chiba City Museum of Art

Kutsuwa-chō (Yoshiwara). From the series 'All Kinds of Horses'

1822

Chiba City Museum of Art

117①

Kōsōshiroku

1835

Tokyo University of the Arts.

132

①②

Sakai Hōitsu

Courtesan and her Young Attendant

18th century

Tokyo National Museum

118①

Sakai Hōitsu

Sixth Month: Pilgrimage to Mt. Fuji. From the series 'Genre Scenes

Late 18th -Hosomi Museum

119①

of Twelve Months in Yoshiwara'

early 19th century

Eleventh Month: Tori no ichi. From the series 'Genre Scenes ofMid 19th century

Hosomi Museum

120②

Courtesan Reading a Letter

19th century

Hosomi Museum

121②

Portrait of Sakai Hōitsu

1950

Kamakura City Kaburaki Kiyokata

133

①②

122

①②

Yadoyano Meshimori /Enoki no Urozumi and Courtesan Hatamaki in the Kyōka (short

Kitao Masanobu

comic poetry) Anthology Azumaburi kyōka bunko

Katsushika Hokusai
Kurokawa Harumura /University Library

Suzuki Kiitsu

Sakai Hōitsu

Twelve Months in Yoshiwara'
Suzuki Kiitsu /Inscription by Sakai Hōitsu
Kaburaki Kiyokata

Memorial Art Museum
Unknown[ 2 ]19th century

Doll in costume: Yoshiwara fox dance
2-6

Tokyo National Museum

Yo s h i w a r a i n t h e ' m o d e r n ' a g e

B2F

Kobayashi Eitaku

Courtesan

19th century

The British Museum

36①②

Kawanabe Kyōsai

Banquet at Yoshiwara

c.1879-89

Kawanabe Kyosai Memorial Museum

37①

Kawanabe Kyōsai

Beauty Reading a Letterc.1888

Kawanabe Kyosai Memorial Museum

38②

Ochiai Yoshiiku

The Seventh Month: The Courtesan Koina of the Inamotorō

1869

Hagi Uragami Museum

39

②

1869

Shitamachi Museum

40①

Courtesan

1872

Tokyo University of the Arts

41①②

Beauties of the Twelve Months: Cherry Blossoms in

1891

Edo-Tokyo Museum

48

①

1891

The British Museum

49

②

1875

Tobacco & Salt Museum

42①Late 19th century

On deposit at Kanagawa Prefectural

43

①

44

①

45

②

46

②

Brothel. From the series 'Twelve Months in Yoshiwara'
Ochiai Yoshiiku

Sisters Somenosuke and Usuginu of the Inamotorō Brothel. Fromthe series 'Thirty-six Selected Flowers in Full Bloom' (with theirown calligraphy)

Takahashi Yuichi

Shin-Yoshiwara
Tomiji, a Yoshiwara geisha, at Asakusa Park. From the series'Famous Places of Tokyo'
Utagawa Kunisada III

Opening of the Government-licensed Exposition: Business
Ventures at Shin-Yoshiwara

Ochiai Yoshiiku

View of Niwaka Festival in Nakano-chō from the Inamotorō
Brothel on Sumi-chō in Shin-Yoshiwara

Ochiai Yoshiiku

Museum of Cultural History

View of Nakano-chō in Shin-Yoshiwara: View of Niwaka Festival in

Late 19th century

its Full Glory
Toyohara Kunichika

On deposit at Kanagawa Prefectural
Museum of Cultural History

The Kimpeirō Brothel in Edo-chō, 1-chōme, in Shin-Yoshiwara

Late 19th century

On deposit at Kanagawa Prefectural
Museum of Cultural History

Toyohara Kunichika

Geisha performing the Niwakajishi dance at Shin-Yoshiwara

1872

On deposit at Kanagawa Prefectural
Museum of Cultural History

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Name

Title

Year/era

Collection

The courtesan Nagao of the Kasshirō Brothel, the Courtesan

Late 19th century

On deposit at Kanagawa Prefectural

Koina of the Inamotorō Brothel, the Courtesan Imamurasaki of

Catalogue No. Exh period
47②

Museum of Cultural History

the Kimpeirō Brothel, the Courtesan Shizuka of the Matsumotorō
Brothel, and the Courtesan Hanamurasaki of the Tamarō Brothel

Utagawa Kunisada III

Opening of the Government-licensed Exposition: Business

1875

Tobacco & Salt Museum

42①

Ventures at Shin-Yoshiwara
Georges Ferdinand Bigot

MA-TA

1884

Chiba City Museum of Art

50①②

J.E.de Becker

The Nightless City

1905 (first edition 1899)

Private Collection

51①②

Aimé Humbert-Droz

A domain lord pleasure-seeking at Yoshiwara. From the1870

Edo-Tokyo Museum

52①

Nakano-chō, Yoshiwara

c. 1907-1918

Shitamachi Museum

53①

The Daimonjirō Brothel in Edo-chō, 1-chōme (Shin-Yoshiwara)c. 1907-1918

Shitamachi Museum

54②

Famous Places in Tokyo: Yoshiwara

c. 1907-1918

Shitamachi Museum

55①

A Day in the Life of a Yoshiwara courtesan: Hikitsuke II (Firstc. 1907-1918

Shitamachi Museum

56②

meeting)

20th century

Edo-Tokyo Museum

57②

Courtesans lined up behind latticework

20th century

Edo-Tokyo Museum

58①

Geisha in Yoshiwara

Late 19th century

Shitamachi Museum

59①②Photo Album of Yoshiwara's High-ranking Beauties

1914

Shitamachi Museum

60

①②

1914

Shitamachi Museum

61①②

periodical 'Le Japon illustré'

Procession of Courtesans at Shin-Yoshiwara: Komurasaki of the
Inamotorō Brothel
Procession of Courtesans at Shin-Yoshiwara: Shiranui of the
Kadoebirō Brothel

[ 2 ]

2-7

B2F

T h e w o r l d o f Ta k e k u r a b e

Kimura Shōhachi

Takekurabe (Growing up)

Early 20th century

Tokyo University of the Arts

62①②

Kaburaki Kiyokata

Grave of Higuchi Ichiyō

1902

Kamakura City Kaburaki Kiyokata

63

①

64

①②

65

②

Memorial Art Museum
Kaburaki Kiyokata

Midori, heroine of Takekurabe (Growing up)

The National Museum of Modern

1940

Art, Kyoto
Kaburaki Kiyokata

Portrait of Higuchi IchiyōTokyo University of the Arts

1940

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3F

March 26 (Tue.) - May 19 (Sun.), 2024
*Exhibits will change during the exhibition period.

① First semester: March 26 (Tue.) - April 21 (Sun.)② Second semester: April 23 (Tue.) - May 19 (Sun.)

The University Art Museum,
Tokyo University of the Arts
Notes
■ This list is written in the following order: Artist, Title, Year/era, Collection, Catalogue number, The exhibition period.
■ ’The catalogue numbers’ agree with those in the official exhibition catalogue but works are not displayed in numerical order.
■ Some of the exhibits or the display may be changed as circumstances require.
■ For the protection of the works, some works will be changed during the exhibition period.
■ Although the titles of the works and its descriptions may be deemed to use terms
that are not appropriate today from the perspective of human rights protection,
we have treated them as indicating the social awareness and values at the time of the work's creation.

Name

[ 3 ]

Title

3 -1

(Ueno
Park)
(Ueno
Park)

Organised by: Tokyo University of the Arts, The Tokyo Shimbun, TV Asahi Corporation
With the special support of: Shitamachi Museum, Chiba City Museum of Art
With the transport support of: Japan Airlines, Nippon Cargo Airlines
With the support of: Taito City / With the assistance of: Geidai Friends■ No Re-entry allowed.
■ Please do not touch the exhibits or display cases.
■ Photography is not permitted in the exhibition rooms.
■ Please refrain from copying or using writing utensils other thanpencils in the exhibition rooms.
■ Please refrain from talking on cell phones, etc. in the exhibition rooms.

Year/era

Collection

Catalogue No. Exh periodF r o m t h e c i t y t o Yo s h i w a r a

3F①②

Miura Hiroshi

Boar's tusk boat (choki-bune), houseboat (yakata-bune)

20th century

Private Collection

Attributed to Kanō Tanjō

Scenes of Asakusa and Yoshiwara

Late 17th -Nara Prefectural Museum of Art

67①②

early 18th century
Chōbunsai Eishi

Three Gods of Good Fortune Visiting Yoshiwara

Early 19th century

Chiba City Museum of Art

68①②

Utagawa Hiroshige

Shubi-no-matsu: Pine on the Bank of the Asakusa River and the1857

Tokyo University of the Arts

66

①②

1857

Tokyo University of the Arts

69

①②

1857

Tokyo University of the Arts

70①②

Onmaya bank. From the series 'One Hundred Famous Views of
Edo'
Utagawa Hiroshige

Night View of Matsuchiyama and the San'ya Canal. From theseries 'One Hundred Famous Views of Edo'

Utagawa Hiroshige

Yoshiwara and Japan Embankment. From the series 'One
Hundred Famous Views of Edo'

Keisai Eisen

Night Rain in Yoshiwara. From the series 'Eight Views of Edo'c. 1843-47

Edo-Tokyo Museum71①

no signature (Utagawa Toyokuni 1)

Perspective Picture of Nightlife in Shin-Yoshiwara

Late 18th century

Adachi City Museum

74①

Utagawa Hiroshige

Famous Places in the Eastern Capital: Cherry Blossoms at Nightc. 1830-34

Adachi City Museum

75②

Along Nakano-chō in Yoshiwara

[ 3 ]

3-2

3F

Edo -chō 1-chōme

Kikukawa Eizan

Courtesanc.1804-18

Chiba City Museum of Art

192②

Keisai Eisen

Daikoku dance on New Year's Day: the Courtesan Komurasaki ofc.1823Chiba City Museum of Art

193①

c.1784

Hagi Uragami Museum

194②c.1804

Tobacco & Salt Museum

195①

Tamaya Brothel. From the series 'Four Seasons in the Pleasure
Quarters: Annual Events in Yoshiwara'
Torii Kiyonaga

The Courtesan Tōji of the Ōgiya Brothel with attendants Satoji and
Uraji. From the series 'Models for Fashion: New Year Designs as
Fresh as Young Leaves'

Kitagawa Tsukimaro

Celebration of new futon bedding for the Courtesan Takao of theMiuraya Brothel

Utagawa Toyokuni

Cherry blossom season at Nakano-chō, Yoshiwara

Late 18th century

The British Museum

199

①②

Kitagawa Utamaro

Cherry blossoms at Yoshiwara

c.1793

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

196

①②

Utagawa Kunisada

Cherry blossom Viewing at Nakano-chō, Yoshiwara

19th century

Kawasaki Isago-no-sato Museum

200

①②

Gokyō

Misayama of the Chōjiya Brothel, Wakana of the Matsubayac.1787The British Museum

198

①②

Brothel, Tōtomo of the Ōgiya Brothel
Kitagawa Utamaro

Nakanochō at Yoshiwara. From 'Statue of Fugen'1790

Tobacco & Salt Museum

197①

Attributed to Utagawa Toyoharu

Courtesans of the Tamaya Brothel

1782-86

The British Museum

85①②

Eishōsai Chōki

The frontage of the Ichimonjiya Brothel

Late 18th century

Tobacco & Salt Museum

78①

Kitagawa Utamaro

The courtesan Karakoto and her attendants Yayoi and Akeha of

Early 19th century

Tobacco & Salt Museum79②

Early 19th century

Tobacco & Salt Museum

86

①

1806

Tobacco & Salt Museum87②

the Matsubaya Brothel
Kikukawa Eizan

Courtesans of the Tamaya Brothel; the Courtesan Hanaoka with
her attendants' names Hakano and Nishiki; the Courtesan Senshūwith her attendants' names Tsuruchi and Kameno; the Courtesan
Azuma with her attendants' names Tumaha and Tsumai

Kitagawa Utamaro

Twelve courtesans of the Ōgiya on display

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Name

[ 3 ]

Title

3-3

Year/era

Collection

Catalogue No. Exh period

Ageya-machi

Jippensha Ikku/ Kitagawa Utamaro

3F
Hassaku Festival. From The Yoshiwara Picture Book: Annual

1804

Tokyo University of the Arts.

92①②

University Library

EventsJippensha Ikku / Kitagawa Utamaro

Yoshiwara Picture Book: Annual Events

1804

Tobacco & Salt Museum

191

①②

Ishikawa Masamochi /One Day in the Northern Quarter

Early 19th century

Tobacco & Salt Museum

80①②

Perspective Picture of a Grand Party in Shin-Yoshiwara with all

Late 18th century

Hagi Uragami Museum95①

Totoya Hokkei
Utagawa Toyoharu

the Courtesans of a Brothel in AttendanceTorii Kiyomitsu

Perspective Picture of a Grand Party on Monbi in Shin-Yoshiwara

Mid 18th century

Hagi Uragami Museum

96②

Eishōsai Chōki

A party of the virtuous and the evil in the pleasure quarter

Late 18th century

Tobacco & Salt Museum

97①

Kitagawa Utamaro

Courtesans in front of stacked boxes

1795

Chiba City Museum of Art

98②

Furuyama Moromasa

Entertainment in Yoshiwara

Mid 18th century

Chiba City Museum of Art

93①

Utagawa Toyoharu

Geisha and her client

Late 18th century

Idemitsu Museum of Art

177②

Katsushika Hokusai

Illustration of the Yoshiwara Brothelsc. 1811-13

Hagi Uragami Museum

82①

Katsushika Hokusai

Illustration of the Yoshiwara Brothels (Meiji-era reproduction)

Late 19th century

Kawasaki Isago-no-sato Museum

83②

Utagawa Kunisada

Parody of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune in the Pleasure Quarter

Early 19th century

Tobacco & Salt Museum

94

①

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3-4

3F

Ky ō - m a c h i 1 - c h ō m e

Sakai Hōitsu

Late 18th -Portrait of Daimonjiya Ichibei

Itabashi Art Museum

123

①②

early 19th century
Ōta Nanpo

Kanasesetsu

1825

Private Collection

Sakai Hōitsu

Writing desk with fan shaped design depicting snow, the moon

1810

Hosomi Museum

①②
131

①②

and flowers, with inscriptions
Kitagawa Utamaro

The Courtesan Hitomoto of the Daimonjiya Brothel

Mid 18th century

Tobacco & Salt Museum

125①

Sakai Hōitsu / Shōran

Plum Tree with Blossom

1810

Hosomi Museum

127②

Keisai Eisen

Ōiso: the Courtesan Mototsue of the Daimonjiya Brothel. From theMid 19th century

Kanagawa Prefectural128①

series 'A Tōkaidō Board Game of Courtesans: Fifty-three Pairings

Museum of Cultural History

in Yoshiwara'
Utagawa Kunisada / Hitomoto

Courtesan

Early 19th century

Chiba City Museum of Art

126①

Utagawa Kunisada

The Courtesan Ichimoto of the Daimonjiya Brothel in Shin-Yoshiwara.

Early 19th century

Hagi Uragami Museum

130

②

1784

Kanagawa Prefectural

124

①

129

②

From the series 'Spring Scenes of the Present Day'
Kitao Masanobu(Santō Kyōden)Anthology of Courtesan Paintings

Museum of Cultural History
Keisai Eisen

The Courtesan Tagasode of the Daimonjiya Brothel. From the series

Mid 19th century

[ 4 ]

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Kanagawa Prefectural
Museum of Cultural History'Four Seasons in the Pleasure Quarter: Annual Events in Yoshiwara'

D i o r a m a o f a n i m a g i n a r y b r o t h e l i n Yo s h i w a r aTsujimura Jusaburō / Miura Hiroshi /3F

Diorama of an imaginary brothel in Yoshiwara

1981

Shitamachi Museum

91①②

One Day in Yoshiwara (copy)

1861

Tokyo University of the Arts

134

①②

Hattori Ichirō
Santō Kyōden / Kuwagata Keisai

[ 3 ]

3-5

3F

Ky ō - m a c h i 2 - c h ō m eChōkōsai Eishō

The Courtesans Komurasaki, Hanamurasaki and Wakamurasakic.1798201①

Museumof the Kadotama-ya Brothel
Kitagawa Utamaro

Kawasaki Isago-no-sato

Matching Flowers on Five Festive Days: The Courtesan Tsukasa ofc.1797

Tobacco & Salt Museum

202

①

1804

Tokyo University of the Arts.

92①②

the Ōgiya Brothel
Jippensha Ikku / Kitagawa Utamaro

The Yoshiwara Picture Book: Annual Events

University Library
Jippensha Ikku / Kitagawa Utamaro

Yoshiwara Picture Book: Annual Events

1804

Tobacco & Salt Museum

191

①②

Saitō Yukio(Chōsyū) /Nakano-chō on the Day of Hassaku in Shin-Yoshiwara. From

1836

Tokyo University of the Arts.

210

①②

Hasegawa Munehide (Settan)'Guide to the Famous Sites of Edo'

205

①②

206

①②

University Library
18th century

Shamisen owned by the courtesan Tamagiku (attr.)

The Tsubouchi Memorial
Theatre Museum

Okano Chijū

1926

Tamagiku entertainment-2-

Private Collection

Name

Title

Year/era

Collection

Catalogue No. Exh period

Utagawa Toyoharu

Nakano-chō in Shin-Yoshiwara. From the series 'Perspective Pictures'

Late 18th century

Kawasaki Isago-no-sato Museum

207①

Torii Kiyonaga

Eight Views of Edo: Autumn Lanterns in the Pleasure Quarter

Late 18th century

Tobacco & Salt Museum

203②

Santō Kyōden

Beauty at a festival for the repose of souls

19th century

Ota Memorial Museum of Art

204①

Utagawa Hiroshige

Courtesans on the Day of Hassaku (the first day of the eighth

19th century

Nara Prefectural Museum of Art

208②

month)
Namiki Gohei / Eishōsai ChōkiWhite robes on the Day of Hassaku

1795

Taito Ward Central Library

209

①②

Utagawa Kunisada

Courtesans of Shin-Yoshiwara in Edo in White Robes on the Day of

1804

Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of

211

②

213

②

Cultural History

Hassaku (the first day of the eighth month)
Kitagawa Utamaro

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3-6

1789

The Moon-mad Monk

Ota Memorial Museum of Art

Niwa ka , G eisha , the cu ltura l accompl ish ments of courtesa ns

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Second Performance. From the series 'The Niwaka Festival

c.1801-04

Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of214②

Cultural History

in the Pleasure Quarters'
Utagawa Hiroshige

3F

The Niwaka Festival in Shin-Yoshiwara. From the series 'Famous

Mid 19th century

Tobacco & Salt Museum

215

①

1783

Hagi Uragami Museum

216

①

1793

The British Museum

217

①②

1798

Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of

218

②

219

①

Places in the Eastern Capital'
Kitagawa Utamaro

Female Geisha section of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival:Ōmando: Ogie Oiyo, Takeji

Kitagawa Utamaro

Female Geisha section of the Yoshiwara Niwaka Festival: Tōjin,Shishi, Sumō

Katsukawa Shunzan

Niwaka in the year of the horse; Kajima dance of the flowery

Cultural History

pleasure quarter
Torii Kiyonaga

The second Day, Sato no tsuki koi no natori, with nagauta. From thec.1783Kanagawa Prefectural Museum ofCultural History

series 'The Niwaka Festival in the Pleasure Quarter'
Katsukawa Shunzan

The Manzai Dance at the Niwaka Festival in Yoshiwara

Late 18th century

Edo-Tokyo Museum

220②

Isomaru

Datemoyō Itsutsu karigane; Female Geisha Section of the Niwaka

Early 19th century

Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of

221②

Cultural History

Festival in Shin-Yoshiwara
Utagawa Kunisada

Niwaka. From the series 'Comparison of the Beauties'

Early 19th century

Hagi Uragami Museum

222①

Kitagawa Utamaro

Three geisha at Niwaka Festival in Yoshiwara: Male geisha Ogie

Late 18th century

The British Museum

176

①②

Matsuzō with female geisha Mine and Ito
Shikyūsai Eiri

GeishaLate 18th century

Itabashi Art Museum

178①

Keisai Eisen

Mitsuke: Sata of Kurataya Brothel. From the series 'A Tōkaidōc.1825Chiba City Museum of Art

179②

Board Game of Courtesans: Fifty-three Pairings in Yoshiwara'Ōgiya Takihashi

Waka poems

1799

Private Collection

147

①②

Suzuki Harunobu

The Courtesans Futamura, Meizan, Toyosumi and Senzan in 'An

1770

Tobacco & Salt Museum

148

①②

1776

Tokyo University of the Arts.

107

①②

Illustrated Book of Beauties in Yoshiwara'
Kitao Shigemasa /A Reflection of 'Beautiful Women' of the Pleasure Quarter

University Library

Katsukawa Shunshō
Chōbunsai Eishi

The Courtesan Wakana of the Matsubaya Brothel. From the seriesc.1794The British Museum

150

①②

'The Six Blossoming Immortals of Yoshiwara'
Fujimaro

Courtesan Performing ikebana (flower arrangement)

Early 19th century

Nara Prefectural Museum of Art

149②

Isoda Koryūsai

The Courtesan Naoe of the Ōkana-ya Brothel. From the series

Late 18th century

Hagi Uragami Museum

151①'Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves'
Keisai Eisen

Courtesans and Attendants at the Sugata-Ebiya Brothelc.1828Chiba City Museum of Art

152②

Keisai Eisen

Ōtsu: the Courtesan Ōsato of the Sanomatsuya Brothel. From the

1825

Chiba City Museum of Art

153

①

1825

Chiba City Museum of Art

154

②

1854

Ota Memorial Museum of Art

155①

Date unknown

Tobacco & Salt Museum

99①②

Date unknown

Tobacco & Salt Museum

100

①②

series 'A Tōkaidō Board Game of Courtesans: Fifty-three Pairingsin Yoshiwara'
Keisai Eisen

Sakanoshita: the Courtesan Katsuragi of the Sanomatsuya
Brothel. From the series 'Tōkaidō Board Game of Courtesans:Fifty-three Pairings in Yoshiwara'

Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada)

Fifth Month: Ikebana (flower arrangement) Party. From the series'Twelve months'
Tabakobon (smoking set) made of Six Plates from the Yoshiwara
gate
Portable tabakobon (smoking set) with moon and bat openwork

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Name

Title

Year/era

Collection

Catalogue No. Exh period

Isoda Koryūsai /Playing a Game

Late 18th century

Chiba City Museum of Art

156①

The Courtesan Shiratama

Early 19th century

Nara Prefectural Museum of Art

157②

The Courtesans Takigawa and Hanaōgi of the Ōgiya Brothel in 'A

1784

Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of

159

①

160

②

161

①

162

②

The Courtesan Hanaōgi
Kikukawa Eizan / The Courtesan
Shiratama Ⅶ / Ichimura Uzaemon XII
Kitao Masanobu (Santō Kyōden)Cultural History

Competition Among the New Beauties of Yoshiwara Mirrored in
Their Writing'
Kitao Masanobu (Santō Kyōden)The Courtesans Azumaya and Kokonoe of the Matsuganeya

1784

Kanagawa Prefectural Museum ofCultural History

Brothel in 'A Competition Among the New Beauties of Yoshiwara
Mirrored in Their Writing'
Kitao Masanobu (Santō Kyōden)The Courtesans Komurasaki and Hanamurasaki of the

1784

Kanagawa Prefectural Museum ofCultural History

Kadotamaya Brothel in 'A Competition Among the New Beauties
of Yoshiwara Mirrored in Their Writing'
Kitao Masanobu (Santō Kyōden)The Courtesans Hinatsuru and Chōyama of the Chōjiya Brothel in

1784

Kanagawa Prefectural Museum ofCultural History'A Competition Among the New Beauties of Yoshiwara Mirrored in
Their Writing'

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3F

Edo -chō 2 -chōme

Nishimura Myakuan / Suzuki Kiitsu

Kagai Manroku (Rambling Comments on the Pleasure Quarter)

1825

Tokyo University of the Arts.

163

①②

164

①②

University Library
Nishikawa Sukenobu

Hinagata patterns of the Shōtoku era

1713Tokyo University of the Arts.
University Library

Suzuki Harunobu

Picture Book of Beauties in Yoshiwara

1770

Chiba City Museum of Art

165

①②

Utagawa Toyokuni

Standing Courtesan

Early 19th century

Kawasaki Isago-no-sato Museum

167②

Isoda Koryūsai

The Courtesan Yūhae of the Ōgiya Brothel. From the series

1777-78

Adachi City Museum

168②

Late 18th century

Hagi Uragami Museum

169②

Early 19th century

Hagi Uragami Museum

170②'Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves'
Isoda Koryūsai

The Courtesan Shiokinu of the Tsutaya Brothel. From the series'Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves'

Keisai Eisen

The Courtesan Yosooi, Nioi and Tomeki of Matsubaya Brothel.
From the series 'New Beauties of the Seven Most Trendy Parlors
in Yoshiwara'

Keisai Eisen

Courtesan wearing a garment depicting a carp in a waterfall

Early 19th century

Chiba City Museum of Art

171①

Utagawa Kunisada (ToyokuniⅢ)

The Courtesan Hanaōgi of the Ōgiya Brothel

Early 19th century

Adachi City Museum

172①

Utagawa Kunisada (ToyokuniⅢ)

The Courtesan Yachiyo of the Kado-Ebiya Brothel at Kyōmachi

c.1833Adachi City Museum

173①

Katsuyama coiffure

Late 20th century

POLA Research Institute of Beauty & Culture

174-1

①②

Shimada chignon resembling a seagull's spread tail feathers,

Late 20th century

POLA Research Institute of Beauty & Culture

174-2

①②

Yokohyōgo coiffure

Late 20th century

POLA Research Institute of Beauty & Culture

174-3

①②

Kamuro Shimada coiffure

Late 20th century

POLA Research Institute of Beauty & Culture

174-4

①②

A Master of the Latest Fashions

1773

Tokyo University of the Arts.

175

①②

1-chōme in Shin-Yoshiwara

from the Genroku era

Kinkin Saeru

University Library
Utagawa Toyokuni

Picture Book of Modern Figures of Fashion

1802

Ota Memorial Museum of Art

88②

Utagawa Kunisada

Mikazuki Osen and Lower-ranking Courtesans in their Establishment

Early 19th century

Seikado Bunko Art Museum

89②

Utagawa Kunisada

Five Shades of Ink in the Northern Quarter

1815

Seikado Bunko Art Museum

90①

Torii Kiyonaga

Young women and children approaching Mimeguri Shrine

1788

The British Museum

180

①②

Katsukawa Shunchō

Beauties on a ferry boatc.1791-94

Hagi Uragami Museum

181①

Katsukawa Shunchō

Strolling along Japan Embankment near Yoshiwara

Late 18th century

Chiba City Museum of Art

182②

Unknown

Maki-e portable dining set with genre scenes from Yoshiwara

19th century

Suntory Museum

183

①②

Utagawa Hiroshige

Visitors to the Tori-no-machi Market at Asakusa. From the series

1857

Tokyo University of the Arts

223

①②

'One hundred Famous Views of Edo'
Kikukawa Eizan

Evening Snow in the Mist. From the series 'Fūryū Ōmi Hakkei'

Early 19th century

Tobacco & Salt Museum

224①

Kikukawa Eizan

Evening Snow as an Excuse to Stay Over. From the series 'Eight

Early 19th century

Hagi Uragami Museum

225②

1848-49

Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of226②

Beautiful Events in Yoshiwara'
Utagawa Hiroshige

Famous Places in Edo: Snow (One of three views of Yoshiwara)

Cultural History

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Name

Title

Year/era

Collection

Utagawa Hiroshige

A Snowy Morning in Yoshiwara. From the series 'Famous Places

Mid 19th century

Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of

3-8

227

①

Cultural History

in the Eastern Capital'[ 3 ]Catalogue No. Exh period

Te m p o r a r y q u a r t e r s a n d t h e m o r n i n g a f t e r

3F

Unknown

Aftermath of the Earthquake in Yoshiwara

1855

Tobacco & Salt Museum

184①

Torii Kiyonaga

Entertainers of Nakazu. From the series 'A Contest of Beauties ofc. 1784

Hagi Uragami Museum

185②

the Pleasure Quarter in the Present Day'
Utagawa Kunisada

Temporary quarters of the New Yoshiwara pleasure quarterc.1827-1844

Edo-Tokyo Museum

186①

Unknown

Temporary Quarters

c.1854-1868

Tobacco & Salt Museum

187②

Unknown

Yoshiwara on the Sumida Riverbank (Temporary Quarters of the1845

Edo-Tokyo Museum

188

①

1845

Edo-Tokyo Museum

189

②

1855

Edo-Tokyo Museum

190①

Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarter)
Dawn at Tomigaoka (Temporary Quarters of the Yoshiwara

Unknown

Pleasure Quarter)
Handbook of the Temporary Quarters of the New Yoshiwara

Baisotei Gengyo

Pleasure Quarter
Keisai Eisen

The Morning After

c.1830-44

Chiba City Museum of Art

101①

Utagawa Hiroshige

Dawn in Yoshiwara. From the series 'One Hundred Famous Views of Edo'

1857

Tokyo University of the Arts

102

①②

Utagawa Hiroshige

Famous Places in the Eastern Capital: Morning Cherry Blossoms

c.1831

Ota Memorial Museum of Art

103②

Mid 19th century

Ota Memorial Museum of Art

104①

Mid 19th century

Hagi Uragami Museum

105②

c.1835Chiba City Museum of Art

106①

in Shin-Yoshiwara
Utagawa Hiroshige

Famous Places in the Eastern Capital: Dawn Over Japan
Embankment at Emonzaka in Shin-Yoshiwara

Utagawa Hiroshige

Famous Places in the Eastern Capital: Dawn Over Japan
Embankment at Emonzaka in Shin-Yoshiwara

Katsushika Hokusai

Hyakunin isshu (One Hundred Poems) explained by the nurse,
Fujiwara no Michinobu

MAP

The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts

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