The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital
early 1830s
(Japanese, 1797–1861)
Sheet: 24.5 x 36.9 cm (9 5/8 x 14 1/2 in.)
Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore 1930.202
Location: not on view
Description
In this dramatic night scene, Kuniyoshi emphasized the moon and its huge glowing halo. He employed Western-style shadows beneath the figures and the palanquin. The man at the center is singing with his mouth wide open. Perhaps he is headed home after drinking in New Yoshiwara, the pleasure quarter, visible only as a series of low rooflines in the background beyond the rice paddies. The chatting pair and wealthy passenger inside the palanquin may be on their way to the pleasure quarter.- (Yamanaka & Co., New York, NY, sold to Edward L. Whittemore)?-1930Edward L. Whittemore [1862-1930], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art1930-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Howard Conley Hollis. "The Edward Loder Whittemore Collection of Japanese Prints." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 17, no. 4 (1930): 64-66. Mentioned: pp. 64-66 www.jstor.org
- Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 11, 2018-January 7, 2019).Promenades, Pageants, Processions, and Pilgrimages. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 25, 1981-January 3, 1982).
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