歌川豊春筆 蜀山人（大田 南畝）賛 琴に立美人図|Female Entertainer with a Koto
ca. 1785; inscription early 19th century
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Dimensions
Image: 25 11/16 × 13 3/8 in. (65.2 × 34 cm) Overall with knobs: 60 1/2 × 20 7/16 in. (153.6 × 51.9 cm) Overall with mounting: 60 1/2 × 18 1/2 in. (153.6 × 47 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Fishbein-Bender Collection, Gift of T. Richard Fishbein and Estelle P. Bender, in celebration of the Museum’s 150th Anniversary, 2020
Accession Number
2020.393.3
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Utagawa Toyoharu|Shokusanjin (Ōta Nanpo) · 1735–1814
Utagawa Toyoharu (1735–1814) holds a foundational place in the history of Japanese printmaking as the founder of the prolific and long-lived Utagawa school, which would go on to produce some of the most celebrated names in ukiyo-e, including Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi. Born in what is now Hyogo Prefecture, Toyoharu moved to Edo, where he studied under Toriyama Sekien and later explored the Kano schoo...