Pictures of Ten Styles (Jittaiga Fuzoku): A Young Woman with a Dog
ca. 1790–91
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Image: 14 3/4 × 9 15/16 in. (37.5 × 25.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Fletcher Fund, 1929
Accession Number
JP1512
Tags
Art Historical Context
Torii Kiyonaga's *Pictures of Ten Styles (Jittaiga Fuzoku): A Young Woman with a* (ca. 1790–91) captures the elegance of Edo-period Japan through a charming woodblock print. Part of a series showcasing diverse female figures in fashionable poses, this intimate scene depicts a poised young woman tenderly holding a small dog, embodying the bijin-ga (pictures of beautiful women) tradition. Produced during the prosperous Edo period (16151868), when urban culture flourished in cities like Edo (modern Tokyo), such prints reflected the rising merchant class's fascination with beauty, fashion, and eve...
About the Artist
Torii Kiyonaga · 1752–1815
Torii Kiyonaga, born Sekiguchi Shinsuke in 1752 in Uraga, Sagami Province, was the son of an Edo bookseller who owned tenements near a bustling fish market. At age 14 in 1765, he began his apprenticeship under Torii Kiyomitsu, the third-generation head of the prestigious Torii school of ukiyo-e, renowned for kabuki theater illustrations and signage. Adopted into the Torii family, Kiyonaga succeede...