Toyohara Chikanobu
Japanese (1838 - 1912) Primary

Shimizu Ueno no kami tsuma, from the series Nihon meijo banashi (Stories of Famous Women of Japan)

Meiji
1893

Greatest Dimensions
14 5/8 x 10 in. (37.148 x 25.4 cm)

This object has the following keywords:

• diptychs - Refers to works comprising pairs of panels hinged together. They were used by the ancient Romans for writing tablets, often having images on the outer surfaces. In Medieval and later times, they were used primarily to support images for altarpieces and other purposes, most often composed of carved ivory or of painted wood panels, with the primary images on the interior surfaces.
• Hashimoto, Chikanobu, 1838-1912 - Sources:
  - Torioi Omatsu kaijō shinwa, 1927:
  - Shin bijin, 1898:
  - Kotobank.jp, 2012-10-03:
  - Shozō ukiyoe hanga dētabēsu, 2012-10-03:
  - Nihon bijutsukan, 1997:
  - Jinbutsu refarensu j. Bijutsu hen, 2010
  - Ukiyoe j., 1974:
  - Nihon gaka j., 1927:
  - Yōshū Chikanobu = Hashimoto Naoyoshi, 2012:
• landscapes - Broadly used to describe portions of the earth's surface that share common repeating characteristics that can be comprehended at a glance. Landscapes are more than scenery or political units; they are systems of natural and cultural contexts. If possible use a more specific term.
• Meiji - Period and style that coincides with the rule of emperor Mutsuhito, called Meiji, from 1868 to 1912. The period is characterized by a transformation from feudalism to a modern industrial state, taking western nations as a model. After the Vienna Exposition of 1873, artists were encouraged to produce traditional arts and crafts for export, such as carvings in wood and ivory and laquer. The art of the period also saw the influence of western art and architecture.
• oban - Japanese prints of a standard size about 15 3/4 by 10 1/2 inches.
• oxen - Castrated adult male cattle, typically used as draft animals.
• rice farming - Form of farming that relies upon flooded soils to cultivate a crop, usually rice. This form of farming conserves soil's organic matter and nitrogen from biological sources.
• trees - Woody, perennial plants usually with a single, long, self-supporting stem or trunk, and which grow to a considerable height.
• Ukiyo-e - Distinctive genre in painting and other media, but most prominently in woodblock printing. It arose in the Edo period (1600-1868) and built up a broad popular market among the middle classes. Subject matter typically focused on brothel districts and kabuki theatres, with formats ranging from single sheet prints to book illustrations. Generally, the style is characterized by a mixture of the realistic narrative of the Kamakura period and the mature decorative style of the Momoyama and Edo periods. Distinctive styles and specialties in subject matter were developed by different schools throughout the period.
• women - Refers to female human beings from young adulthood through old age.
• woodcuts - Prints made using the process of woodcut, which is a relief process in which the design is cut into and printed from the plank side of a wood block; distinct from "wood engraving (process)," which is a relief process using the grain end of a wood block.