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Playing the Koyo, A Lady from Nagoya of the Kōka Era (1844-48), 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 2017.74
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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 with light skin tone kneeling on a green floor, playing a long stringed instrument. She wears a purple, floral-patterned robe over a red sash and leans forward with downcast eyes. Behind her stands a shoji screen, while to our left, a garden features a stone lantern and a flowering branch. Calligraphy appears at the top right, with signatures and red seals along the edges.

Playing the Koyo, A Lady from Nagoya of the Kōka Era (1844-48), from the series Thirty-six Elegant Selections

1894

Mizuno Toshikata

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

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