At the University Art Museum
Yoshiwara in Edo is known as the pleasure quarter licensed by the Tokugawa shogunate. The brothels were built upon the sacrifice of the courtesans who were bound into service to repay their debts and could not quit of their own free will. It was a system that would not be condoned today and must never again be repeated. At the same time, Yoshiwara, which continued operating for about 250 years, was also at the forefront of transmitting trends in literature and the arts as well as fashion.
… from its site https://daiyoshiwara2024.jp/english.html
Diorama of an imaginary Brothel in Yoshihara and dolls
Tsujimura Jusaburo (1933-2023)/ Miura Hiroshi (1926-2019)/ Hattori Ichiro (1933-2009) 1981 (belonged) Shitamachi Museum in Ueno, Tokyo
This work was created with the image of the Omise 大見世 or large brothel in the Bunka-Bunsei period (1804-1830). The title of diorama was “Yoshiwara” when it was exhibited. In a two-story building made of cypress, measuring 268.0 cm (frontage), 235 cm (depth), and 81.5 cm (height) by craftsman Miura Hiroshi, 23 dolls by doll creator Tsujimura Jusaburo and approximately 400 exquisite furnishings by craftsman Hattori Ichiro were arranged. It created a three-dimensional representation of a brothel scene depicted in nishiki-e錦絵 and books of that time.
