Evening in Tokyo: Figures in Silhouette behind a Shoji screen / Takahashi Hiroaki

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Accession Number
1991/2.110
Title
Evening in Tokyo: Figures in Silhouette behind a Shoji screen
Artist Nationality
Japanese
Artist Life Dates
1871-1944
Medium and Support
color woodblock print on paper
Object Creation Date
circa 1900-1921
Object Creation Place
Asia (continent)
Japan (nation)
Creation Place 1
Asia (continent)
Creation Place 2
Japan (nation)
Dimensions
38 cm x 16.3 cm (14 15/16 in. x 6 7/16 in.)
Century
20th century
Primary Object Classification
Print
Primary Object Type
color print
Physical Description
Near dusk, a woman in a kimono walks outside a Japanese style building with a shoji screen for a wall. The silhouettes of merry-makers inside can be seen, revealing the figure of a man and also a woman, probably a geisha, holding an instrument that appears to be a shamisen.
Subject Matter
Takahashi Hiroaki worked with the prolific twentieth century publisher of woodblock prints Watanabe Shozaburo (1885-1962). Takahashi was trained in Nihonga, or Japanese painting, and dedicated much of his time to paintings for exhibitions and illustrations for scientific publications. His nostalgic “Old Japan” imagery was highly sought after by collectors in Europe and North America. Takahashi’s work attempts to capture the essence of cultural events and everyday life.
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697 x 1397
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1991/2.110
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"Evening in Tokyo: Figures in Silhouette behind a Shoji screen; Takahashi Hiroaki." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1991-sl-2.110/1991_2.110.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.
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