Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Search

Woman viewing Cherry Blossoms on the Bank of the Sumida River (Sumidagawa hana no kei)

1 pp

350 × 245 mm (13 3/4 × 9 5/8 in.)

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Woman washing fabric in a stream

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This artisan, decorated in various designs, is rinsing a textile in the water. While her garments are mainly designed using shibori and bingata techniques, katazome was implemented to create the abstract checkered print. Behind her is another fabric that contains two tones of indigo blue. A cartoon in the top left shows a clear image of the grand Mount Fuji.

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Woman wearing a hat

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Woman with Birds

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A chinoiserie-style print from a series of allegorical representations of the twelve months of the year. A woman stands in a garden landscape under a canopy roofed by a draped textile. Plants, leaves and trees frame the figure. She holds two birds, one is perched on a ring, hanging from a stick. The plate is numbered and signed.

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Woman with Flowers

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Plate from a series of chinoiserie prints depicting figures in landscapes. A woman stands in a landscape holding a shallow basket of flowers. Behind her, part of fence or wall with two pots with plants. The plate is signed.

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Woman with Her Arms in Chains, and Four Other Figures, from the Vari Capricci

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Woman with Two Children and a Donkey, plate 21 from the Scherzi di Fantasia

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Woman with a Basket

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Plate from a series of chinoiserie prints depicting figures in landscapes. A woman in a landscape with a basket of linen on her head. In the background a fountain with water streaming out from a sculpted face into a shallow basin, with a plant in a vase on top. The plate is signed.

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