Toriyama Akinari Terutada with Ghost; (The Lavender Chapter)
1864
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
14 1/2 x 10 in. (36.8 x 25.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1985
Accession Number
JP3682
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the eerie world of late Edo-period Japan with *Toriyama Akinari Terut with Ghost (The Lavender Chapter)*, captivating woodblock print by Uawa Yoshiiku from 1864. This ink and color on paper work, measuring 14½ x 10 inches, a tense encounter between the literary figure Terutada—drawn from the ghost stories of famed author Toriyama Akinari a spectral visitor. Produced during the vibrant ukiyo-e tradition, Yoshiiku's piece exemplifies the "pictures of the floating world," blending human drama with supernatural intrigue. Yoshiiku, a disciple of the renowned Utagawa Kuniyoshi, mastered t...
About the Artist
Utagawa Yoshiiku · 1833–1904
Utagawa Yoshiiku (1833–1904) was a prolific Japanese woodblock print artist and journalist who lived through one of the most turbulent and transformative periods in his country's history, the transition from the Edo period through the Meiji Restoration. A student of the celebrated Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Yoshiiku inherited his master's taste for bold compositional drama and dynamic figuration, applying...