Perspective Picture of a Large Room (Senjojiki uki-e no zu)
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban yoko-e, benizuri-e
Dimensions
29.3 × 42.6 cm (11 1/2 × 16 3/4 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
127631
Art Historical Context
Step into the enchanting world of 18th-century Japan with *Perspective Picture of a Large (Senjojiki uki-e no zu)* by Ishikawa Toyonobu, created in 1765. This color woodblock print, measuring 29.3 × 42.6 cm in the grand oban yoko-e format (a large horizontal sheet), captures an opulent interior space evoking a "thousand-mat room"—a lavish hall symbolizing wealth and grandeur in Edo-period culture. Toyonobu, a prominent ukiyo-e artist and pupil of Nishimura Shigenaga, masterfully blends the "floating world" aesthetic of everyday pleasures with innovative spatial depth. The print's benizuri-e t...
About the Artist
Ishikawa Toyonobu · 1711–1785
Japanese, 1711–1785