Roses
ca. 1810
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
H. 7 13/16 in. (19.8 cm); W. 15 3/16 in. (38.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1926
Accession Number
JP1486
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold the delicate beauty of *Roses* by Kashōsai Shunsen, a woodblock print from around 1810, now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Asian Art Department. This intimate work, measuring just under 8 by 15 inches, showcases lush roses and their accompanying leaves rendered in vibrant inks and colors on paper.unsen, a skilled Japanese artist of the Edo period (1615–1868), was renowned for his contributions to ukiyo-e—the "pictures of the floating world"—a popular genre celebrating ephemeral pleasures like nature's fleeting blooms. Woodblock printing, the medium's hallmark, involved a me...