『東風俗福づくし　大礼ふく』|“Ceremonial Attire” from the series An Array of Auspicious Customs of Eastern Japan (Azuma fūzoku, fukuzukushi: Tairei fuku)

Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu

ca. 1889 · Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper · Asian Art

『東風俗福づくし　大礼ふく』|“Ceremonial Attire” from the series An Array of Auspicious Customs of Eastern Japan (Azuma fūzoku, fukuzukushi: Tairei fuku) — Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu

A Meiji government official dressed in a Western-style military uniform receives his cockaded hat from a female attendant, while another holds his European-style sword. The group stands in a Western-style building, probably the home of this modern man, but the women still wear traditional hakama (culottes) and robes. The word fuku in the print’s title is a pun: it can mean “auspicious” and “clothing.”

Artist: Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu
Date: ca. 1889
Medium: Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Culture: Japan
Department: Asian Art
Credit line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1959

『東風俗福づくし 大 礼ふく』|“Ceremonial Attire” from the series An Array of Auspicious Customs of Eastern Japan (Azuma fūzoku, fukuzukushi: Tairei fuku)

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『東風俗福づくし　大礼ふく』|“Ceremonial Attire” from the series An Array of Auspicious Customs of Eastern Japan (Azuma fūzoku, fukuzukushi: Tairei fuku)