6378674 Evening Cherry Blossom in Yoshiwara, Edo Period, (woodblock print on paper) by Hiroshige, Ando or Utagawa (1797-1858); 44x59 cm; Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery, Kent, UK; (add.info.: Series - Famous Views of the Eastern Capital (Toto Meisho). Japanese Series. The licensed pleasure quarters to the north of Edo were known as the Yoshiwara. Each year when the cherry blossoms (sakura) bloom, the Japanese celebrate life and death in a festival known as \'hanami\'. Here, courtesans and attendants enjoy the sight along the ?Nakanomachi?, the main road through the Yoshiwara by moonlight.); by Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery ; by Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery.