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YOSHU (HASHIMOTO) CHIKANOBU. A Dance Party: Enjoying Cherry Blossom Viewing at Ueno (Tobukai Ueno oka yuran no zu)

A Dance Party: Enjoying Cherry Blossom Viewing at Ueno (Tobukai Ueno oka yuran no zu). Artist: Yoshu (Hashimoto) Chikanobu (Japanese, 1838-1912). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 14 in. × 28 1/4 in. (35.6 × 71.8 cm). Date: March, 1887.
The scene is set high on a hill in Ueno Park overlooking Shinobazu Pond, in the famous Seiyoken, one of Japan's first Western-style restaurants. In the foreground, a female violinist, the new career woman, proudly displays her rare imported instrument as though it were trophy. With roses in her chignon and wearing a curvaceous bustle, the violinist is dramatically contrasted with her obsequious attendants, who crouch awkwardly in traditional clothing.

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Author:

YOSHU (HASHIMOTO) CHIKANOBU (1838-1912)

Title:

A Dance Party: Enjoying Cherry Blossom Viewing at Ueno (Tobukai Ueno oka yuran no zu)

Caption:

A Dance Party: Enjoying Cherry Blossom Viewing at Ueno (Tobukai Ueno oka yuran no zu). Artist: Yoshu (Hashimoto) Chikanobu (Japanese, 1838-1912). Culture: Japan. Dimensions: Image: 14 in. × 28 1/4 in. (35.6 × 71.8 cm). Date: March, 1887. The scene is set high on a hill in Ueno Park overlooking Shinobazu Pond, in the famous Seiyoken, one of Japan's first Western-style restaurants. In the foreground, a female violinist, the new career woman, proudly displays her rare imported instrument as though it were trophy. With roses in her chignon and wearing a curvaceous bustle, the violinist is dramatically contrasted with her obsequious attendants, who crouch awkwardly in traditional clothing.

Technique/material:

Triptych of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

Period:

Meiji period (1868-1912)

Museum:

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Credit:

Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

Releases:

Model: No - Property: No
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Image size:

4643 x 2299 px | 30.5 MB

Print size:

39.3 x 19.5 cm | 15.5 x 7.7 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

ASIA • ASIAN ART • INK • JAPAN • MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912) • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • PAPER • PRINTING BLOCKS • PRINTS • RELIEF PRINTS • TRIPTYCH OF POLYCHROME WOODBLOCK PRINTS; INK AND COLOR ON PAPER • TRIPTYCHS • WOOD BLOCKS • WOODBLOCK PRINTS • YOSHU (HASHIMOTO) CHIKANOBU