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The Fourth Month, A Lady of the Enkyō Era (1744-48), from the series Thirty-six Elegant Selections

1894

Mizuno Toshikata 水野 年方

(Japanese, 1866–1908)
Culture
Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
Medium
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Credit Line
Gift of the Norman W. Zaworski Trust 2017.72
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Each of the prints in the series Thirty-six Elegant Selections features a woman from a different time period, as befits an artist who was interested in history painting. Most of the prints are set in the Edo period (1615–1868). Mizuno Toshikata was a favored student of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), and took over his post as a newspaper illustrator.
A vertically oriented woodblock print depicts a woman sitting on a wooden veranda, looking right toward a crescent moon and bird. Fine lines define her profile and orange kimono with blue patterns. To our right, white flowers bloom near a bamboo fence. Behind her, stippled gray shapes suggest a forested hill. Japanese calligraphy fills two boxes at the top left, while red seals mark the bottom corners of the composition.

The Fourth Month, A Lady of the Enkyō Era (1744-48), from the series Thirty-six Elegant Selections

1894

Mizuno Toshikata

(Japanese, 1866–1908)
Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)

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