Elegant Pleasures of the Four Seasons
1782
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
About the artist
1782
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Elegant Pleasures of the Four Seasons is a 1782 by Kitagawa Utamaro, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows a cozy winter scene with people gathered around a heated table. The boy being lifted up has dropped his toy wrestlers, adding a playful touch. It's interesting that the woman's companion is hiding under a blanket, while a girl tends to the hot coals. Check out the work of artist Kitagawa Utamaro for more scenes of everyday life in Japan.
The title of this print suggests a series of four, but only this wintry print is known. A boy has dropped his toy wrestlers as he is hoisted up to a woman who has been enjoying a book at the heated table. Her companion buries her head beneath the blanket to stay warm, her bare feet exposed by a girl tending the hot coals in the pit in the floor.
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