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唐獅子図の衝立 |Mother and her Children in Front of a Freestanding Screen of a Chinese Lion

Toriyama Sekien 鳥山石燕|Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿|Toriyama Sekichūjo 鳥山石仲女

1786

唐獅子図の衝立 |Mother and her Children in Front of a Freestanding Screen of a Chinese Lion by Toriyama Sekien 鳥山石燕|Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿|Toriyama Sekichūjo 鳥山石仲女

Medium

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Dimensions

Horizontal ōban; image: 10 7/8 × 15 3/8 in. (27.6 × 39.1 cm)

Classification

Prints

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2022

Accession Number

2022.312

Art Historical Context

In the vibrant world of Edo-period Japan (1615–1868 this 1786 woodblock print, *Mother and her Children in Front of a Freestanding Screen of a Chinese Lion (唐獅子図の衝立), captures a tender domestic moment. Created as a luxurious *surimono*—a privately commissioned print often exchanged as a New Year's greeting—it features the talents of three ukiyo-e masters:iyama Sekien, renowned for his supernatural illustrations and mentorship of many artists; his student Kitagawa Utamaro celebrated for his exquisite bijin-ga (images of beautiful women); and Toriyama Sekichūjo, likely Sekien's daughter. Printed...

About the Artist

Toriyama Sekien 鳥山石燕|Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿|Toriyama Sekichūjo 鳥山石仲女 (Japanese) · 1712 –1788

Japanese, 1712–1788

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