Courtesans Promenading on the Nakanochō
c. 1790
- Medium
- One of a triptych of color woodblock prints
- Dimensions
- 37.8 × 25.8 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-205057
Nakanochō was the main street in Yoshiwara, a famous walled pleasure district that housed as many as 4,000 courtesans. In the early evening, elaborately dressed courtesans accompanied by attendants promenaded on the central thoroughfare, as in this scene. The open buildings with shop curtains hanging from their eaves are teahouses, establishments where men could arrange appointments with courtesans of the more prestigious brothels.
Provenance
Whittemore, 1930.211.c
Registry history
- c. 1790 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints
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