Two men and a kamuro walking past a teahouse in Yoshiwara Nichome. Inside the barred resthouse, two courtesans play shamisen and wait for customers. Woodblock print by Masanobu Okumura (1686-1764) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo, reprint circa 1880.

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