Edo street scene, 18th century

Edo street scene, 18th century. A dance teacher and pupil on the left, a nori (glue) seller is beckoned by workers in a small family business. Handcoloured ukiyo-e woodblock print by Toyokuni Utagawa from Shikitei Sanba's Ehon Imayo Sugata (Picture Book of the Modern Forms and Figures, Tokyo, 1916. Reprint of the original from 1802

Broom Cartouche Ehon Forms Imayo Kimono Laborer Laundress Menial Pale Sanba Shikitei Sugata Toyokuni Ukiyo Utagawa Woodblock Yoke

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