銀世界|The Silver World (Gin sekai)

Kitagawa Utamaro

preface dated 1790 · Polychrome woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper · Asian Art

This book, part of a series on the theme of snow, moon, and flowers, contains seventy-eight kyōka about snow. Here, Chinese boys are playing in the snow, which is delicately emphasized by an embossing technique.

Artist

Kitagawa Utamaro

Date

preface dated 1790

Medium

Polychrome woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936