Grand Interior View of a Courtesan House in the Yoshiwara District (Yoshiwara o-magaki no zu, one of pentaptych) / Katsushika Hokusai
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1938.1
- Title
- Grand Interior View of a Courtesan House in the Yoshiwara District (Yoshiwara o-magaki no zu, one of pentaptych)
- Artist
- Katsushika Hokusai
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Artist Life Dates
- 1760 - 1849
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper, ôban tate-e size
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1811-1813
- Object Creation Place
- Asia
- Japan
- Creation Place 1
- Asia
- Creation Place 2
- Japan
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Style/Group/Movement
- ukiyo e
- Inscription
- Signature: Katsushika Hokusai ga
- Publisher: Iseya Rihei
- Dimensions
- 36.5 cm x 24.3 cm (14 3/8 in. x 9 9/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- color print
- Physical Description
- A large group of young women inside a building surrounded by male servants. The women all wear various styles of kimono, though the predominant colors are red and green. The inside of the building is on the bottom floor with a set of steps leading up to a second floor, not depicted.
- Subject Matter
- A print showing the inside of a brothel in Yoshiwara. The finely dressed courtesans are walking around while young attendants are busy with chores, such as one man blowing air into a furnace, as if the brothel is about to open. The clean state of the brothel implies that it caters to sophisticated and wealthy clients. This print is part of a series of five.
- Secondary Keywords
- architectural elements
- building divisions
- buildings and the land
- circulation elements
- commercial buildings
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- costume
- costume by form
- dwellings
- main garments
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by occupation
- people in service occupations
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- prostitutes
- residential structures
- rooms and spaces
- rooms and spaces by location or context
- service industry buildings
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- stairs and stair components
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 872 x 1248
- File Size
- 143 KB
- Record
- 1938.1
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1938.1/1938.1.jpg
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/api/manifest/musart:1938.1
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"Grand Interior View of a Courtesan House in the Yoshiwara District (Yoshiwara o-magaki no zu, one of pentaptych); Katsushika Hokusai." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1938.1/1938.1.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 01, 2025.
