Woman Applying Make-up
late 18th century
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Image: 13 7/8 in. × 9 in. (35.2 × 22.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Museum Accession
Accession Number
JP1095a
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Juka Sekijō · 1789–1817
Juka Sekijō (樹下石上), born Kajiwara Narifumi and commonly known as Gorōbei, was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist and satirical writer active during the late Edo period from the Kansei era (1789–1801) to the Bunka era (1804–1818). A low-ranking samurai retainer of the Yamagata Domain residing near Kaji Bridge in Edo, he adopted numerous pseudonyms including Juka Sanjin, Ichū Nakayama'nin, Hyakusai Hisanobu,...