A Woman Tying up a Curtain, a Flower Arrangement of Chrysanthemums in a Boat-shaped Hanging Vase, and Narcissus Arranged in a Flower Vase
ca. 1805
Medium
One sheet of a triptych(?) of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
H. 15 in. (38.1 cm); W. 10 1/4 in. (26 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Estate of Samuel Isham, 1914
Accession Number
JP1007
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the vibrant world of Edo-period Japan (16151868), Utagawa Toyohiro (1773–1825), a master of the Utagawa school and teacher to the famed Hiroshige, captured everyday elegance in his woodblock prints. This single sheet from a possible triptych, dated around 1805, depicts a graceful woman tying back a curtain alongside exquisite flower arrangements: chrysanthem in a boat-shaped hanging and narcissus in another. Titled *A Woman T up a Curtain, a Flower Arrangement Chrysanthemums in a-shaped Hanging Vase, and Narcissus Arranged in a Flower Vase*, it exemplifies ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating...
About the Artist
Utagawa Toyohiro · 1763–1828
Utagawa Toyohiro (1763–1828) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist and painter who founded a major branch of the Utagawa school and is best remembered as the teacher of Utagawa Hiroshige, one of the greatest landscape print designers in Japanese art history. Born in Edo (present-day Tokyo), he studied under Utagawa Toyoharu, the founder of the Utagawa school, who was noted for introducing Western perspect...