The artwork titled “38. Dawn Inside the Yoshiwara” was created by the artist Hiroshige in 1857. This piece belongs to the Ukiyo-e art movement and falls under the cityscape genre. It is a part of the series “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo.”
In the artwork, a tranquil scene from the Yoshiwara pleasure district in Edo (modern-day Tokyo) is depicted at dawn. The composition features a street view enveloped in the soft light of early morning, with people clad in traditional attire going about their activities. The buildings and lush foliage on either side frame the central perspective, leading the viewer’s eye deeper into the scene. The sky’s gradient from dark to light suggests the transition between night and day. The subdued color palette and meticulous attention to detail are characteristic of Hiroshige’s masterful depiction of urban landscapes in the Edo period.
