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Elegant Pleasures of the Four Seasons

c. 1782

attributed to Kitagawa Utamaro

(Japanese, 1753?-1806)
Culture
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Measurements
Sheet: 26.1 x 39.1 cm (10 1/4 x 15 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore 1930.196
Public Domain
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Description

The title of this print suggests a series of four, but only this wintry print is known. A boy has dropped his toy wrestlers as he is hoisted up to a woman who has been enjoying a book at the heated table. Her companion buries her head beneath the blanket to stay warm, her bare feet exposed by a girl tending the hot coals in the pit in the floor.
A horizontally oriented woodblock print on two panels depicts six women with light skin tones and a toddler in a domestic interior. From left to right, a woman in an orange kimono bends over another seated by a brazier, while a third figure crawls under a patterned quilt. On the right, a woman in blue supports a child while others watch. Background elements include sliding screens and calligraphy scrolls.

Elegant Pleasures of the Four Seasons

c. 1782

Kitagawa Utamaro

(Japanese, 1753?-1806)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)

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