- Title:
- Downtown in the New Year
- Artist:
- Utagawa Kuniyoshi
- Date:
- c.1847-1852
- Size:
- W:75.3cm x H:37.2cm
- Notes:
- Number:
- E-001
Three paintings depicting people of various occupations and ranks passing in and out of the city in early spring. Based on their distinctive facial features, it can be assumed that the characters in this piece are based on real people, such as kabuki actors. Towards the lower right of the frame, a gardener is depicted selling potted apricot and pheasant’s eye plants in blue and white pots on a carrier called a dairin.