The Wife of a Prosperous Commoner Out With Her Attendants to view Cherry Blossoms- double-page illustration (sheets 17-18) from volume I of the book Ehon Tokiwa-gusa (Picture Book of Evergreens)
Artist/Culture
Nishikawa Sukenobu
(Japanese, 1671 – 1750)
Date1731
Mediumwoodblock print; ink on paper; sumizuri-e
Dimensions21 x 32.4 cm (8 1/4 x 12 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Frederick W. Gookin
Object number1933.181
DescriptionDouble-page book illustrationLabel TextIllustration from vol. I of Ehon Tokiwagusa (A Picture Book of Evergreens); signed sakusha gako (author and conceiver) Bunkado Nishikawa Sukenobu (1671-1751); carvers Fujimura Zen'emon and Murakami Gen'emon of Osaka; preface dated 1730 (Kyoho 15); issued by Morita Shotaro of Osaka in the 8th month 1731 (Kyoho 16). The wife of a prosperous commoner out for a walk to view cherry blossoms, attended by her daughter, a maid and an old man servant.
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