A woman in a bath house talking to a man through the window
Details
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Title
A woman in a bath house talking to a man through the window
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Artist/maker
Utagawa Toyokuni I (1769 - 1825) (designer) -
Associated people
Tsuruya Kinsuke (active c. 1797 - 1824) (publisher) -
Associated place
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Date
c. 1797 - 1824 -
Material and technique
nishiki-e (multi-block) woodblock print, printed with water-based vegetable pigments
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Material index
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Technique index
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Object type
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Dimensions
mount 55.5 x 34.8 cm (height x width)
print 36.8 x 24.6 cm (height x width) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented by Mrs E. M. Allan and Mr and Mrs H. N. Spalding from the Herbert H. Jennings Collection, 1952.
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Museum location
Museum department
Eastern Art
Accession no.
EAX.4676.c
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Catalogue text
Utagawa Toyokuni specialized in portraits of kabuki actors. After about 1790 he produced bijinga for the publisher Izumiya Ichibei and later created his own style while also incorporating the styles of Kiyonaga and Utamaro.
The woman on the left is fully dressed in hitoe and is talking to a man who leans through the window while smoking a pipe. In the background the women’s yukata and small accessories hang on rails.
Interestingly, these are depicted with shadows to give them a three dimensional look, which for prints is uncommon.
Glossary of terms
nishiki-e
vegetable pigments
Reference URL
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