131003-0038-OS - Dawn at Yoshiwara

Dawn at the Yoshiwara red light district in Edo (current Tokyo), 1857 (Ansei 4).

This woodblock print is image 38 in One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (名所江戸百景, Meisho Edo Hyakkei), a series created by ukiyoe artist Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重, 1797–1858).

It is one of 42 spring scenes in the series.

Title: Dawn Inside the Yoshiwara (廓中東雲, Kakuchū shinonome)

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