Artwork
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Untitled is an ink print by the Romanticist artist Kitagawa Kikumaro. It dates from 1815 and is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
About this work
Overview
This untitled woodblock print, created by Kitagawa Kikumaro around 1815, is a surimono, a type of print typically made for special occasions. It is executed in ink and color on paper.
Subject & Meaning
The print depicts two women in traditional Japanese attire standing indoors, one holding a fan and the other a decorated paper. The simple background features a screen with a garden scene, and Japanese text along the left edge likely provides context for the scene.
Technique & Style
The artist employed bold outlines and flat colors, characteristic of surimono prints. The color palette is subdued, with white robes accented by red and brown.
Artist & collection
『浅草観音奉掛額之 図』 「扇屋内滝川 富川、粂川、玉川、津川、歌川、清川 め浪、お浪」|A Votive Picture to Be Donated to the Kannon of Asakusa (Asakusa Kannon hō kakegaku no zu), by Takigawa of the Ōgiya, Kamuro Menami and Onami, with Tomikawa, Kumegawa, Tamagawa, Tsugawa, Utagawa, and Kiyokawa
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Two Geishas beside a Candle
Picture of the First Visit to the Pleasure Quarters
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Three Women (from the series A Brief Collection of Japanese Beauties)
初詣|Young Women Visiting a Shinto Shrine
鈴木春信画 見立三夕 「西行法師」|A Young Man and Woman with a Shamisen; Monk Saigyō, from a series alluding to the Three Evening Poems (Sanseki waka)
Two Courtesans
Going to the Kabuki Theater in the Hour of the Hare (From the Series The Twelve Hours with Daily Events)
Courtesans of the Ōgiya on a Spring Outing
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