太閤五妻洛東遊観之図, A View of the Pleasures of the Taiko and His Five Wives at Rakutō, Kitagawa Utamaro, 1804

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太閤五妻洛東遊観之図, A View of the Pleasures of the Taiko and His Five Wives at Rakutō, Edo period (1615–1868), 1804, Japan, Triptych of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper, 15 x 30 in. ( x cm), Prints, Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753?–1806), This triptych, published in 1804, portrays the famous cherry-blossom viewing party that Hideyoshi held in 1598. Ostensibly an innocent historical scene, its subject, the shogun whose heirs were overthrown by the ancestors of the ruling Yokugawa family was full of significance to the townsmen of Edo, who chafed under the restrictive and corrupt government

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