楊洲周延画 『女官洋服裁縫之図』|Court Ladies Sewing Western Clothing (Jokan yōfuku saihō no zu)
August 23rd, 1887
Medium
Triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Image: 14 5/16 x 29 11/16 in. (36.4 x 75.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Meiji period (1868–1912)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1959
Accession Number
JP3340
Tags
About the Artist
Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu · 1838–1912
Toyohara Chikanobu, born Hashimoto Naoyoshi in 1838 in Echigo Province (modern Niigata Prefecture), emerged as one of the last great ukiyo-e masters during Japan's Meiji era. The son of a low-ranking samurai retainer to the Sakakibara clan, he trained initially in the Kanō school of painting before turning to ukiyo-e printmaking. He studied under a disciple of Keisai Eisen, then joined the studio ...