Acrobats Beneath Cherry Trees: Spinning Tops and Balancing
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
14 1/4 x 10 in. (36.2 x 25.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Takemitsu Oba, 2009
Accession Number
2009.434.1
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
FansMenWomenTreesAcrobats
About the Artist
Utagawa Yoshiharu · 1828–1888
**Utagawa Yoshiharu (1828–1888)** was a Japanese ukiyo-e print designer and book illustrator active in Edo (modern Tokyo) during the late Edo and early Meiji periods. Born in Honjo as the third son of a samurai, he trained first under Yanagawa Shigenobu II before becoming a pupil of the renowned Utagawa Kuniyoshi, through whom he entered the vibrant Utagawa school tradition. Yoshiharu worked acro...