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Young Woman

1772
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
Judging from the woman’s hairstyle and the coordinated color scheme of her robes, which combine an astringent green kimono with a white-and-brown obi sash tied in a large bow at the back, she would seem to be not a courtesan or geisha but an ordinary townswoman. The careful detailing attests to Ōkyo’s devotion to shasei (drawing from nature). The artist is usually more closely associated with naturalistic depictions of fish and other animals, as seen in this exhibition, but he was also a student of human anatomy and left behind numerous drawings of human subjects and portraits.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Young Woman
  • Artist: Maruyama Ōkyo 円山応挙 (Japanese, 1733–1795)
  • Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
  • Date: 1772
  • Culture: Japan
  • Medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk
  • Dimensions: Image: 43 1/4 × 13 1/2 in. (109.8 × 34.3 cm)
    Overall with mounting: 79 1/8 × 19 3/16 in. (201 × 48.7 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Lent by Feinberg Collection
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art