A Garden Refreshed by the Passing Rain (Ukasentei no zu)

July 1888

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The empress and her ladies-in-waiting wear bonnets and dresses adapted from chromolithographs from European fashion magazines. In this and similar prints, if there is no caption, it is sometimes difficult to immediately distinguish who among the equally elegant female figures in satin and velvet is the empress. Usually, she may be identified by the imperial chrysanthemum or paulownia on her dress, or by a bonnet enlivened with red and white.

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『雨過洗庭之図』
Title: A Garden Refreshed by the Passing Rain (Ukasentei no zu)
Artist: Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu (Japanese, 1838–1912)
Period: Meiji period (1868–1912)
Date: July 1888
Culture: Japan
Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Image: 14 3/4 x 28 1/4 in. (37.5 x 71.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1959
Object Number: JP3342
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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