Yoshiwara Picture Book of New Year’s Festivities (Seirō ehon nenjū gyōji) : [volume 2]
A Japanese woodblock picture book printed in Edo in 1804 by the publisher Kazusaya Chūsuke and attributed to Kitagawa Utamaro, showing New Year's customs of the Yoshiwara pleasure quarter for a popular urban readership. The open double-page spread shows women in patterned kimono on a wooden veranda and in a sliding-door interior, with children at the edges and a hanging shop sign, all in fine uniform black line with minimal tone, offering a designer clear models of crowd layout, kimono pattern draping, and economical linework.
![Picture 1 of 1 from Yoshiwara Picture Book of New Year’s Festivities (Seirō ehon nenjū gyōji) : [volume 2] (1804), leaf 3](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_18505-3-1.webp)