Freer Gallery of Art
Jefferson Drive and 12th St., SW
Washington, DC
This exhibition, on view in 2 rotations, features 15 paintings and 32 woodblock prints from the entertainment and theater districts, and pleasure quarters of Japan's great cities during the Edo period (1615-1868). Of particular note are works by Kitagawa Utamaro, Sharaku, Katsuchika Hokusai, and Utagawa Hiroshige.