Yoshiwara Picture Book of New Year’s Festivities, vol. 2, 1804, Kitagawa Utamaro; Author: Jippensha Ikku; Publisher: Kazusaya Chūsuke; Carver: Fuji Issō; Printer: Kakushōdō Tōemon; Assistant: Kitagawa Hidemaro, Japanese, fl. 1800-1810s, 5/16 x 6 1/4 x 8 15/16 in. ( x x cm), Woodblock printed book; ink and limited color on paper, Japan, 19th century, This book, from a two-volume set, depicts annual events and ceremonial scenes in Edo's licensed pleasure quarter, known as the Yoshiwara. The niwaka festival depicted here was one of the most extravagant of these occasions.

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