Antique Print-COURTESAN-PROTITUTE-YOSHIWARA-JAPAN-PL.2-Kinko-sha-Becker-1899

Colour lithograph on thin wove paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 31.2 x 25.7 cm. The image size is ca. 28 x 20.2 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 12.3 x 10.1 inch. The image size is ca. 11 x 8 inch.

Antique print, titled: ‘Guests making their toilettes preparatory to leaving the house. ‘ – Plate 2: Guests making their toilettes preparatory to leaving the brothel. From: “The Nightless City, or the History of the Yoshiwara Yukwaku, by Joseph Ernest de Becker, an English student of Sociology”. Published in Yokohama: Z.P. Maruya, 1899. This is an illustrated account of Yoshiwara, Edo’s licensed quarters. the city within a city which housed old Tokyo’s prostitutes from 1617 to 1957.Artists and Engravers: Made by ‘Kinko-Sha’ after an anonymous artist.

Condition: Very good, given age. Original folds, as issued. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-COURTESAN-PROTITUTE-YOSHIWARA-JAPAN-PL.2-KINKO-SHA-BECKER

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