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Elegant Pleasures of the Four Seasons

c. 1782

attributed to Kitagawa Utamaro

(Japanese, 1753–1806)
Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Sheet: 26.1 x 39.1 cm (10 1/4 x 15 3/8 in.)
Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore 1930.196
Location: not on view
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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.
Elegant Pleasures of the Four Seasons

Elegant Pleasures of the Four Seasons

c. 1782

Kitagawa Utamaro

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

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