Woman Holding a Paper Lantern
Artist/Culture
Utagawa Kunisada I 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III 三代 豊国)
(Japanese, 1786–1864)
Date1844
Mediumwoodblock print; ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ōban, upright diptych (kakemono-e): 73.6 x 25.4 cm (29 x 10 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Terms
Object number1901.275
DescriptionA woman is looking down at the wind-blown flame of a candle in a collapsible paper lantern, which she holds in her left hand and has partly closed so that the candle projects above the opening at the top.On View
Not on viewCollections
Utagawa Kunisada I 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III 三代 豊国)
about 1836–1838
Utagawa Kunisada I 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III 三代 豊国)
about 1818–1820
Utagawa Kunisada I 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III 三代 豊国)
1861
