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Source Description
With a delicate willow tree as a framing device, the artist focuses solely upon his subjects. The two women, carefully balanced, one standing, elongated and sinuous, and her companion, more solidly grounded in her vibrant purple robe, intently focus on the beautiful flower blooming in the garden. This is an image of elegance, both in terms of the women's fashions and the carefully arranged landscape.The poem at the top reads, "Beautiful face like a hibiscus, eyebrow like a willow leaf."
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Document identity
localId
2301
label
Fuzoku ga
core
obj
dtoType
print
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
2301
sourceUrl
contentType
print
stage
normalized
title
Fuzoku ga
description
With a delicate willow tree as a framing device, the artist focuses solely upon his subjects. The two women, carefully balanced, one standing, elongated and sinuous, and her companion, more solidly grounded in her vibrant purple robe, intently focus on the beautiful flower blooming in the garden. This is an image of elegance, both in terms of the women's fashions and the carefully arranged landscape.The poem at the top reads, "Beautiful face like a hibiscus, eyebrow like a willow leaf."
provenance
C. Robert Snell, Oriental Arts & Antiques, Timonium, Maryland; purchased by Justine Lewis Keidel, Owings Mills, Maryland, after 1971; given to Walters Art Museum, 1991.
date
1898 (Meiji)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Prints
woodblock prints
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
35.5
height
23.4
dimensionsRaw
14 x 9 3/16 in. (35.5 x 23.4 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Poem] Fuyo no yona kao
yanagi no yona mayu; [Signature] Shuntei; [Translation] Beautiful face like an hibiscus
eyebrow like a willow leaf
med
mulberry paper, pigments
creator_ids
14893
5862
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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