Woman by a Plum Tree Matched with the Wisteria Maiden (from a series of women compared to figures from Otsu paintings)
1834
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
About the artist
1834
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Woman by a Plum Tree Matched with the Wisteria Maiden (from a series of women compared to figures from Otsu paintings) is a 1834 by Yanagawa Shigenobu, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
A woman in a kimono stands near a plum tree. Pink blossoms dot the branches. Her sleeve stretches wide, painted in deep indigo. This is a surimono print. Made for friends in poetry clubs, it’s extra fancy. Behind her, a ghostly wisteria maiden floats, linking her to old festival dances. See one like it at The Cleveland Museum of Art.
The print includes a portrayal of the otsu-e maiden behind the dancer to emphasize the subject’s origins in festival dances (see also Wisteria Maiden [1963.96]). The print is a surimono, an elaborately printed image designed for private distribution among friends or members of a poetry club.
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