Artwork preview

Three Beauties Viewing Cherry Blossoms

Chōbunsai Eishi

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white image of three women wearing kimonos and traditional Japanese hairstyles. The women are on a path. The woman on the left wears a short-sleeved kimono with a pleated skirt and a hat with a short brim. The woman in the middle wears a longer kimono with wide sleeves and a decorative sash. The woman on the right wears a kimono with a sash and a long dark colored robe over it. The woman on the right and the woman in the middle wear their hair in a traditional Japanese bun on top of their head. There are flowering trees. There is a body of water with rocks. There are four white birds in the water. There are people and a building in the background.

Artwork details

Date:
late 18th–19th century
Medium:
Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 279 px
Museum record:
View original
Palette

You May Also Like

Two Women on Matsuchi Hill Edo
Women Enjoying the Evening Cool Near Ryogoku Bridge
Genji in Exile at Suma, from the series Genji in Fashionable Modern Guise (Fūryū yatsushi Genji: Suma)
Viewing Cherry Blossoms at Goten Hill
The Actors
Komachi, from the series "Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen)"
Two Women Waiting for a Ferry on the Sumida River
The Priest Kisen, from the series "Six Immortal Poets (Rokkasen)"
Cherry Blossom Viewing at Asuka Hill
Ono no Komachi Visiting Kiyomizu Temple, from the series The Fashionable Seven Komachi (Furyu nana Komachi)
Suma, from the series "A Fashionable Parody of the Tale of Genji (Furyu yatsushi Genji)"
Matsuchi Hill after Snowfall
Women Cutting Branches of Bush Clover; The Noji Tama River in Omi Province, from an untitled series of the Six Tama Rivers
Passengers in a Ferry Boat on the Sumida River
Enjoying the Evening Cool Along the Sumida River
Rabbit-Ear Irises in Autumn, from the series "Choicest Odes upon Flowers of the Four Seasons (Shuku awase, shiki no hana)"
Summer Twilight on the Banks of the Sumida River
The Matsukaze Chapter of the Tale of Genji (from the series The Tale of Genji in Elegant Modern Dress)
A Thousand Autumns, Ten Thousand Years on Tokiwa Bridge
Kayoi Komachi, from the series "Seven Elegant Episodes of the Poet Komachi" (Fūryū nanakomachi kayoi)
Viewing Cherry Blossoms at Goten Hill
Ferry on the Rokugo River
The Actors Segawa Kikunojo III as the ghost of Yatsuhashi, Sawamura Sojuro III as Soga no Juro, and Ichikawa Danjuro V as the ghost of Seigen, in the play "Sono Omokage Matsu ni Sakura," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1783
Umeyashiki, from the series "Collection of Famous Places in Edo (Edo meisho shu)"