Sanjo Kantaro as a Young Woman Standing in a Wisteria Arbor
1734
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1734
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
You see a young woman standing in a wisteria arbor. She's dressed in traditional Japanese clothes. The artist used a special technique to make the picture look shiny and fancy. The technique is called urushi-e, which means "lacquer picture". It involves painting deer glue over black pigment to create a lustrous effect. This makes the picture look very detailed and pretty. Check out the work of artist Torii Kiyonobu I for more like this.
