id:			111672
accession number:	1930.202
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1930.202
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New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital, early 1830s. Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861). Color woodblock print; sheet: 24.5 x 36.9 cm (9 5/8 x 14 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore 1930.202

title:				New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital
title in original language:	新吉原
series:				
series in original language:	東都名所
creation date:			early 1830s
creation date earliest:		1830
creation date latest:		1834
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creditline:			Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore
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culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
technique:	color woodblock print
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)  - artist
One of the principal Ukiyo-e artists of the late Edo period.
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measurements: Sheet: 24.5 x 36.9 cm (9 5/8 x 14 1/2 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Signature: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga
Publisher: Kagaya Kichibei (Kagaya, Ryogoku, emblem)
Censorship Seal: kiwame
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Promenades, Pageants, Processions, and Pilgrimages
	opening date:   1981-08-25T04:00:00
	<i>Promenades, Pageants, Processions, and Pilgrimages</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 25, 1981-January 3, 1982).

	title:		Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation
	opening date:   2018-07-11T04:00:00
	<i>Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 11, 2018-January 7, 2019).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Yamanaka & Co., New York, NY, sold to Edward L. Whittemore)
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	Edward L. Whittemore [1862-1930], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1930
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1930-
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wall 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.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Howard Conley Hollis. "The Edward Loder Whittemore Collection of Japanese Prints." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 17, no. 4 (1930): 64-66.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 64-66
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25137291

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