Secrets of Sugawara
Artist
Utagawa Toyokuni
(born Edo, Japan, 1769; died Japan, 1825)
Datelate 1810s
MediumWoodblock print
DimensionsSheet Overall: 14 15/16 x 10 1/8 in. (37.9 x 25.7 cm) for each sheet
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineGift of Mrs. James W. Lyon
Terms
- figurative
- landscape
- Woodblock print
Object number1971.125.8 A-C
DescriptionA: Actor as a woman sitting and peeling a vegetable. Fence and trees in the background. B: Actor as woman. She is touching her face with one hand and holding a long pole. Two buckets behind figure. Tree branches overhead. Basket at lower right corner. C: Woman is sitting and peeling a long, dark vegetable with a knife. A small table with vegetable skins is in front of her. There is a green fence and two tree trunks behind her. Blossoming branches tie the composition together.On View
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