Pastimes and Pleasures in the Eastern Hills of Kyoto  1624

[b]Notes from the Curator:[/b] [br]Panoramic views of Kyoto, the capital of Japan from 792 to 1868, were first painted on folding screens in the sixteenth century. Called Rakuchu rakugaizu(literally, "views in and around the capital"), the screens often depict genre scenes such as storytelling, the selling of food, the serving of tea, and occasionally musical performances,...