Utagawa Kunisada
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Japanese art
Woman Putting Out a Light
Utagawa Kunisada, 1820
A woman in a red kimono leans over a tall paper lantern, a quiet moment of Edo-period daily life caught in a colour woodblock print.
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About this artwork
This colour woodblock print by Utagawa Kunisada, made around 1820, belongs to the ukiyo-e tradition of Edo-period Japan. A woman in a red kimono bends over a tall paper lantern, known as an andon, as she puts out its light. Behind her stands a folding screen. A cartouche carries the title of the series, 星の霜当世風俗, and the print bears Kunisada's signature. The composition is built around the single, unhurried gesture of the figure and the vivid red of her kimono.
On your wall: The warm red and calm, domestic subject suit a bedroom, a reading nook or a quiet hallway, and sit well alongside simple, natural materials.
- Title
- Woman Putting Out a Light
- Artist
- Utagawa Kunisada
- Year
- 1820
- Style
- Japanese art
- Shape
- Portrait
Public domain (CC0). Image courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Text based on Cleveland Museum of Art (CC0).
About Utagawa Kunisada
Utagawa Kunisada, also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III, was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist who designed woodblock prints in nineteenth-century Japan. He was among the most popular and prolific print designers of his age, and one of the most commercially successful. In his own lifetime, his reputation was greater than that of contemporaries such as Hokusai, Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi.
Based on Wikipedia.
Canvas and printing
Printed on canvas and stretched over a 2 cm FSC-certified wooden frame, with the image wrapping around the edges. Framed versions sit in a wooden floater frame in black, natural or dark wood.
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