Dandy (wakashu) with lantern passing a shrine gate (Mitate arido)

Two states are known of this design. The present lot represents one, bearing a pale grey sky indicating dusk or night, whereas the other state bears a dark night sky. Both are illustrated in Jacob Pins, The Japanese Pillar Print: Hashira-e, (London, 1982), cat. nos. 184a and 184b, p. 118.