Keywords: Courtesans of the Ogiya Brothel (5758986725).jpg en <b>Accession Number </b> 1957 158 <b>Display Artist </b> Kikukawa Eizan <b>Display Title </b> Courtesans of the Ogiya Brothel <b>Creation Date </b> ca 1810-1815 <b>Height </b> 15 in <b>Width </b> 10 1/8 in <b>Display Dimensions </b> 15 in x 10 1/8 in 38 1 cm x 25 72 cm <b>Publisher </b> Yamadaya Shobei <b>Credit Line </b> Bequest of Mrs Cora Timken Burnett <b>Label Copy </b> The Ryogoku Bridge which marked the bustling center of downtown Tokyo had been a popular subject in prints from the late eighteenth to mid-nineteenth century In this wistful presentation the pleasure boats stand empty and two sole figures look away from the viewer towards the faint depiction of the bridge A rickshaw at the left indicates the new foreign way to travel in the city <b>Collection </b> http //www sdmart org/art/our-collection/asian-art The San Diego Museum of Art 2011-05-25 12 35 50 https //www flickr com/photos/thesandiegomuseumofartcollection/5758986725/ Flickr en thesandiegomuseumofartcollection PD-old-100 Art of Japan in the San Diego Museum of Art |