Girl Accompanied by an Elder Attendant Walking by a Stream
ca. 1770
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
10 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (26.7 x 18.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936
Accession Number
JP2626
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Girl Accompanied by an Elderendant Walking by a Stream *Isoda Koryūsai, ca. 1770* Woodblock print; ink and color on paper 10 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (26.7 x 184 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, York. This charming woodblock print by Isoda Koryūsai captures a serene moment in Edo-period Japan: a young girl strolling by a stream, guided by an elder attendant, surrounded by lush plants. Created around 1770 during the vibrant Edo period (1615–1868), it exemplifies *ukiyo-e*—"pictures of the floating world"—a genre celebrating everyday beauty, urban life, and nature's fleeting pleasures. Koryūsa...
About the Artist
Isoda Koryūsai · 1735–1790
Japanese, 1735–ca. 1790