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"description": "Ukiyo-e: The Floating World Revisited. Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR (October 26-December 30, 1993);The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 2\u2013April 3, 1994).cat. II-29",
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"description": "Nakanoch\u014d 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.",
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