New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

Woman Holding Child, with a Writing Set

Artist Utagawa Kunisada I (Utagawa Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786 - 1865)

Publisher Azumaya Daisuke

CultureJapanese

Date1835-1850

MediumWoodblock print on paper

DimensionsOverall, Image: 14 3/8 x 9 1/2 in. (36.5 x 24.1 cm)
Overall, Mat: 20 5/8 x 14 1/8 in. (52.4 x 35.9 cm)

InscribedThis print is signed "Kunisada" and on the back is printed in pencil "Kunisada". It has a perfect seal & "Azumaya Daisuke", the publisher's stamp.

Credit LineGift of Dr. James C. Perry

Object number36.8.63

Not on view

DescriptionPrint of a woman in rose robes sitting on the floor holding a child in rose & green clothes. She looks to the left. A screen behind her has six lines of characters & a writing brush & box are on the floor at her feet.

Label TextUtagawa Kunisada, also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III Japanese, 1786-1865 Woman Holding Child, with a Writing Set Woodblock print on paper A splendidly dressed woman sits in a garden-themed interior holding a child. Before her are writing tools: ink and a box with a shallow ceramic dish to hold it, a stone for dissolving a stick of ink, and a brush. The vertical lines of calligraphy in elegant cursive behind her appear written on the wall without a scroll to hold them there. Both paintings and prints typically combined beautiful poetry with pictures of graceful subjects without regard for the illusion of space. Toulouse-Lautrec applied this same freedom to many of his works, most notably some of the theater programs. Gift of Dr. James C. Perry 36.8.63Exhibition History"Inspiring Impressionism: Japanese Prints in the Chrysler Collection," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, March 10 - June 18, 2017.