『雨過洗庭之図』|A Garden Refreshed by the Passing Rain (Ukasentei no zu)

Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu

July 1888 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · Asian Art

The empress and her ladies-in-waiting wear bonnets and dresses adapted from chromolithographs from European fashion magazines. In this and similar prints, if there is no caption, it is sometimes difficult to immediately distinguish who among the equally elegant female figures in satin and velvet is the empress. Usually, she may be identified by the imperial chrysanthemum or paulownia on her dress, or by a bonnet enlivened with red and white.

Artist

Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu

Date

July 1888

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1959