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Woman by a Plum Tree Matched with the Wisteria Maiden (from a series of women compared to figures from Otsu paintings)

c. early 1830s

Yanagawa Shigenobu 柳川 重信

(Japanese, 1787–1832)
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
color woodblock print (surimono)
Measurements
Sheet: 20.2 x 18.5 cm (7 15/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1921.319
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
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Description

The print includes a portrayal of the otsu-e maiden behind the dancer to emphasize the subject’s origins in festival dances (see also Wisteria Maiden [1963.96]). The print is a surimono, an elaborately printed image designed for private distribution among friends or members of a poetry club.
A square color woodblock print features a woman leaning rightward, draped in a layered blue and tan patterned kimono beneath a wide, flat white hat. To our left, vertical columns of black calligraphy punctuate the background. Behind her, a spindly plum tree with small blossoms branches upward. Upper right, a rectangular inset depicts the smaller Wisteria Maiden carrying flowering branches. Both figures have light skin tones.

Woman by a Plum Tree Matched with the Wisteria Maiden (from a series of women compared to figures from Otsu paintings)

c. early 1830s

Yanagawa Shigenobu

(Japanese, 1787–1832)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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