Mi-kaeri Yanagi. (Gazing back Willow-tree.)
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This well-known willow-tree stands at the entrance of Go-jik-ken-machi, on the left, below the Nihon-dsutsumi. It has been so called because many a visitor to the Yoshiwara has looked regretfully back as he passed the willow tree, feeling reluctant to leave the pleasures of the quarter and to be separated from his fair, even though frail, inamorata.
狎客之㘴舖
A Familiar Guest. Period of Kiōwa (1801 to 1803).
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After the Picture by Kitagawa Utamaro.
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