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
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...