Returning Sails at Ryogoku River (Ryogoku no kihan), from the series "Eight Parodies by Contemporary Beauties (Tosei mitate bijin hakkei)"
Kitao Shigemasa
late 18th century
Medium
Color woodblock print; oban
Dimensions
36.6 × 25.8 cm (14 7/16 × 10 3/16 in.)
Classification
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
22453
About the Artist
Kitao Shigemasa · 1739–1820
Kitao Shigemasa (1739–1820), born in the bustling Nihonbashi district of Edo (modern Tokyo), emerged as a pivotal figure in ukiyo-e woodblock printing during Japan's Edo period. The eldest son of the bookseller Suharaya Mohei—from a lineage of publishers—Shigemasa, originally named Kitabatake Tarōkichi, was immersed in the world of printing from youth. Largely self-taught, he later studied under t...