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| Yoshu Chikanobu, Chiyoda Palace: The Inner Rooms, Cleaning the Room |
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| Item No | #1080027052 |
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| Item | Ukiyo-e(Beauty) |
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| Artist | Yoshu Chikanobu |
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| Price | $200.00 |
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| Weight | 0.03kg |
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| | 70cm 27 1/2" | | | 35cm 13 3/4" |
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Yoshu Chikanobu (1838-1912) was a popular artist in the Meiji period, the era from 1868 to 1912 when Japan underwent rapid westernization and the emperor was reinstated as ruler. Like many other print designers of these years, Chikanobu worked with subjects of traditional Japanese woodblock prints, such as actors, courtesans, famous sites, and beautiful women, while at first reflecting western conventions in art and picturing current events, such as the Saigo Rebellion and various battles of the Sino-Japanese War. In fact, his prints are frequent illustrations in history books about the Meiji era.
However, he later changed his approach and embraced more traditional themes stemming from his recollections of life in old Edo, before the modern period ushered in by the Meiji emperor.
He became particularly well-known for his exquisite expositions of women's fashion, including both traditional and Western clothing, distinctively illuminating the changes and development in coiffures and make-up through the centuries. Comparing to other vigorous glamourous bijin-ga (paintings of beauties), his bijin-ga depict soft and graceful girlish beauty.
This series titled "Chiyoda Palace: The Inner Rooms" is one of his representative "kanjyo-e" (paintings of court ladies) genres. This artwork depicts court ladies of the palace cleaning their room. Two ladies in gourgeous kimono seem to be high-ranked court lady. They casted the cleaning tools away and absorbed in chatting. Other court ladies are also playing, joking and chatting and they do not seem like cleaning very seriously. Bright color of their kimono evokes viweres some cheerful feelings.
The title "Chiyoda-no-Ouoku (Chiyoda Palace: The Inner Rooms)" is written in the caroutche in the upper right in the right print
Signature of Yoshu Chikanobu is placed on the lower left part of the left print
Date of printing (Nov 14, 1953), date of publication (Nov 27, 1953) and publisher's name "Fukuda Hatsujiro" are written in the caroutche placed in the left below of the left print
Triptych
Slight stains and soiling |
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