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Follow her glance back over her shoulder, then trace the green robe with its large blossoms down to the red lining at the hem and her bare foot.
Moronobu’s pictures of the people of Edo enjoying the arts, beauty and fashion, including visits to the Yoshiwara pleasure quarter, were celebrated for capturing their era. He came from Awa province, settled in the city by the 1670s as a book illustrator and print designer, and turned to painting scrolls late in his career. A single beauty like this one, painted about 1685 to 1694, is rare in his work.
Hanging scroll; ink and colors on paper · 70.6 × 26.5 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Beauty Turning Her Head
- Artist
- Hishikawa Moronobu Japanese, died 1694
- Date
- c. 1685-94
- Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink and colors on paper
- Dimensions
- 70.6 × 26.5 cm (27 × 10 in.); With mounting: 151.1 × 38.1 cm (59 1/2 × 15 in.); Width including lower roller: W.: 43.2 cm (17 in.)
- Credit line
- Anonymous Gift
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Ukiyo-e c. 1600–1900
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.