Image: Japanese confectionery store in "The Great Buddha Sweet Shop" from Akizato Rito's Miyako meisho zue (1787)

Description: A Japanese confectionery store as shown in "The Great Buddha Sweetshop" from Akisato Ritō's Miyako meisho zue (都 名所 圖會; An Illustrated Guide to the Capital), illustrated by Shunchosai Takehara Nobushige. The store benefited from being situated near the Great Buddha erected by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, one of Kyoto's most popular tourist attractions.
Title: The Great Buddha Sweetshop
Credit: Berry, Mary Elizabeth. Japan in Print Information and Nation in the Early Modern Period. Berkeley, Calif.: U of California, 2006. Print. Original source: Akizato Ritō. Illus. Shunchōsai Takehara Nobushige. Miyako meisho zue. 6 fascicles. Kyoto: Yoshinoya Tamehachi, 1787. East Asian Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Author: Shunchosai Takehara Nobushige
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