From Home to Brothel: reflections on domestic and public space in Ukiyo–e.

Image studies are opening up to incorporate the question of space into their reflections, contributing to questions from various disciplines about the relationship between both dimensions. Specifically, I focus on the implications of space for image studies, seeking to contribute a critical look at the role that this notion has in understanding the images that populate the imaginary of the domestic and those who are usually associated with this place: women. Based on the work of Henri Lefebvre, Mona Chollet and Michelle Perrot, we discuss how to understand the relationship between space and the domestic, which is then analyzed from a set of Japanese images from the 18th century that contain representations of a traditional house and a brothel in Japan during the Edo period.