Seated Woman / Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada)
About this Item
Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2010/2.49
- Title
- Seated Woman
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Artist Life Dates
- 1786-1864
- Medium and Support
- color woodblock print on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1852
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Japan (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Barbara Harding Brown
- Dimensions
- 35 cm x 24 cm (13 3/4 in. x 9 7/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- color print
- Secondary Object Classification
- Secondary Object Type
- portrait
- Physical Description
- A woman in kimono sits with her sleeve to her mouth. The kimono is decorated with fall leaves, and she sits behind lacquwe tea ware. Above her are crest-like decorations in blue, backgrounding the open pages of a book.
- Subject Matter
- This print features a literary reference, likely to the Tale of Genji, as indicated by the illustration and text in the open book depicted at top left. The crests that arch across the top may indicate this print is part of a series.
- Secondary Keywords
- transfer method
- coating (material)
- coating by composition or origin
- costume
- costume by form
- descriptors
- document genres
- information forms
- main garments
- materials
- materials by function
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- prints
- prints by process
- prints by process or technique
- relief prints
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3216 x 4832
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 2010/2.49
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2010-sl-2.49/2010_2_49.jpg
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"Seated Woman; Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada)." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2010-sl-2.49/2010_2_49.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 14, 2024.
