Beauty with Fireflies
1804
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
About the artist
1804
unspecified
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Beauty with Fireflies is a 1804 unspecified by Kubo Shunman, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
The painting shows a young woman walking along a riverbank with a cage of fireflies under an old willow tree. This scene is interesting because it's a copy of a work by an artist known for his witty verses and limited edition prints. You can learn more about the style of this painting by looking at the work of artist: Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757–1820).
A young woman has passed beneath an aged willow tree as she strolls along a riverbank carrying a cage full of fireflies. The painting is a copy after Kubo Shunman, best known as a composer of witty verses in 31-syllables ( kyōka ) and designer of limited edition prints called surimono . Shunman was active during the mature era of ukiyo-e production, and his more formal paintings most often took as their subjects beautiful Chinese or Japanese women. Here, his imitator commemorates one of summer's most delightful evening pastimes, the observation of the flickering lights of the firefly. The…
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