Yamashiro Province from the series Fashionable Six Jewel Rivers (Furyu Mu Tamagawa)
1804
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
About the artist
1804
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Yamashiro Province from the series Fashionable Six Jewel Rivers (Furyu Mu Tamagawa) is a 1804 by Kitagawa Utamaro, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This print shows two women in a garden by a river. One woman stands holding a fan, dressed in a patterned robe and a tall black hat. The other woman kneels, reaching toward her. The background has bushes with white flowers and wavy water lines. The artist used simple lines and soft colors to show movement and grace. The women’s robes flow like the river, blending the scene together. Look up Kitagawa Utamaro next to see more of his delicate prints.
