Picture Book of the Hitachi Obi (Enpon futahashira) 艶本婦多柱
Black and white illustration of a book opened to two facing pages. The left page shows a woman kneeling on the floor in front of a table with fish on it; she looks out the window. The right page shows a man and the same woman, the woman on one knee, elbow on the other knee and hand to her face; the man crouches to her right. A basket sits between them on the floor. A landscape scene is in the background on the right. Window frame and exterior view are on both pages. Text is on both pages. The artwork is titled "Picture Book of the Hitachi Obi (Enpon futahashira)" by artist Kitagawa Utamaro.
Artwork details
- Date:
- ca. 1803
- Medium:
- Set of three woodblock printed books; ink on paper
- Culture:
- Japan
- Dimensions:
- 599 × 400 px
- Museum record:
- View original
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