Musicerend gezelschap onder een kersenboom
1673 - 1677
Medium
paper
Dimensions
256; 387
About this artwork
height 256 mm x width 387 mm
Art Historical Context
Hishikawa Moronobu *Musicerend gezelschap een kersenboom*Musical Company under a Cherry Tree), created between 1673 and1677, captures a serene moment of leisure in Edo-period Japan. Rendered on paper measuring 256 mm high by 387 mm wide, this intimate work depicts a group of figures engaged in music-making beneath blooming cherry branches. Moronobu, a pioneering ukiyo-e artist, masterfully evokes the "floating world" of urban pleasures, blending human joy with nature's fleeting beauty. As one of the earliest masters of ukiyo-e—the woodblock print tradition that flourished in 17th-century Japa...
About the Artist
Hishikawa Moronobu
Hishikawa Moronobu (1618–1694) holds an unassailable position in Japanese art history as the founder of ukiyo-e, the 'pictures of the floating world' that would become Japan's most internationally recognized art form. Born in the provincial town of Yasuda during the early Edo period, Moronobu transformed woodblock printing from a purely utilitarian craft into an independent artistic medium, establ...