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Strolling: A Married Lady of the Meiji Era, from the series Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners

Strolling: A Married Lady of the Meiji Era, from the series Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners

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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Yoshitoshi was one of a few ukiyo-e artists in the Meiji period (1868–1912) who shunned the popular trends of experimenting with Western subject matter and print techniques. He criticized his students for participating in these trends and openly ridiculed Japan for its concerted efforts to modernize. Yoshitoshi’s series Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners is the premier example of pictures of beautiful women, or bijin-ga, from this period. This print, one of the best-known designs from the series, is a rare example of Yoshitoshi including openly modern elements. Though he maintains the stylized facial features of traditional ukiyo-e beauties, the figure strolling along a row of irises is rendered in full Western-style dress.
Artist
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
(Japanese, 1839 - 1892)
Title
Strolling: A Married Lady of the Meiji Era, from the series Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners
Date
1888
Medium
Color woodcut
Dimensions
364 x 253 mm Overall
Credit
John H. Van Vleck Endowment Fund purchase
Accession No.
2004.46
Classification
Prints
Geography
Japan

Related

  • Mueller, Laura. "Competition and Collaboration: Japanese Prints of the Utagawa School." Leiden, The Netherlands: Hotei Publishing, 2007. p. 215, no. 211
  • Hitachi, Ltd. "Ukiyoe" [calendar]. Japan: Hitachi, Ltd., 2009. May

  • Japanese Masterworks: Woodblock Prints from the Chazen Museum of Art Collection: Chazen Museum of Art, 5/6/2016–8/14/2016
  • Utagawa: Masters of the Japanese Print, 1770-1900: Chazen Museum of Art, 11/2/2009–11/26/2009
  • Utagawa: Masters of the Japanese Print, 1770-1900 : Chazen Museum of Art, 3/21/2008–6/15/2008
  • Competition and Collaboration: Japanese Prints of the Utagawa School: Chazen Museum of Art, 11/3/2007–1/6/2008

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