Woman on Veranda, Spinning; another Pounding Cloth on Rock in Foreground
Medium
Left-hand sheet of a diptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
H. 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm); W. 6 7/16 in. (16.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Accession Number
JP1758
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Woman on Veranda, Sp; another Pounding Cloth Rock in Foreground** Katsukawa Shunshō visitors into the vibrant world of Edo-period Japan (1615–1868). Shunshō, a leading ukiyo-e artist active in the mid-18th century, renowned for his graceful depictions of beautiful women (bijin-ga) and portraits. This print, the left of a diptych the Metropolitan Museum of Art H.O. Havemeyer Collection captures an intimate domestic scene one woman gracefully spinning thread a veranda amid lush trees while another pounds cloth on a rock in foreground, evoking the rhythm of everyday labor. Crafted as a nishiki...
About the Artist
Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章 (Japanese) · 1726 –1792
Japanese, 1726–1792