Autumn, from the series Women’s Pleasures of the Four Seasons
After governmental restrictions of the 1840s were loosened, Kuniyoshi made a sumptuous series of prints of women in the four seasons. All four of the triptychs in the series present three women with a child. This print, the best of the four, illustrates the women and a boy viewing the moon from boats. The misty clouds covering the moon are delicately depicted with light ink and silver powder (presently tarnished). Kuniyoshi included a severely cropped bridge support pole in the right border and arranged the reflection of the lantern in the waves
In the cartouche at the upper right corner a poem by Genkō is inscribed "Look at that, then look up at the sky, and admire the moon with geese."
In the cartouche at the upper right corner a poem by Genkō is inscribed "Look at that, then look up at the sky, and admire the moon with geese."
Artwork Details
- Title: Autumn, from the series Women’s Pleasures of the Four Seasons
- Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
- Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
- Date: ca. 1844–46
- Culture: Japan
- Medium: Triptych of woodblock prints; ink, silver, and color on paper
- Dimensions: 9 3/4 x 22 1/8 in. (24.8 x 56.2 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Francis M. Weld, 1948
- Object Number: JP3136
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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