Funya no Yasuhide, Two Women in a Gusty Autumn Landscape, from the series "Rokkasen (The Six Immortal Poets)"
c. 1771
Medium
Color woodblock print; chuban
Dimensions
25.5 × 18.2 cm (10 1/16 × 7 3/16 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
28299
Art Historical Context
In the vibrant world of 18th-century Japanese uyo-e, Katsukawasho's *Funya no Yasuhide, Two Women in a Gusty Autumn Landscape* (c. 1771) captures the poetic essence of autumn's fleeting beauty. Part of the series *Rkasen (The Six Poets)*, this color woodblock print honors Funya no Yasuhide, one of Japan's revered waka poets from the Heian period (794–1185). Shunsho, a master of the Katsukawa school renowned for his elegant bijin-ga (images of beautiful women), blends literary homage with the "floating world" themes of transience and grace. The chuban-format print (25.5 × 18.2 cm) showcases tw...