Kanjo: A Court Lady, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1790, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 15 x 10 in. (3

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Kanjo: A Court Lady, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1790, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 15 x 10 in. ( x cm), Prints, Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815), Kiyonaga's placement of women in outdoor settings paved the way for the landscape prints of the next generation. Here, the soft treatment of a willow tree beside a stream, reminiscent of both Heian poetry and Chinese brush painting, serves as a foil for the sharp, angular line of the figure

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Size: 3777px × 5587px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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