Sign in or join

See it hung

Pleasures of the Four Seasons: Colors and Scents of Flowers, left (Shiki no asobi hana no iroka, ge)

Look first

  • What catches your attention?
  • Where does your eye go next?
  • What would you ask about this work?
Show me

Pleasures of the Four Seasons: Colors and Scents of Flowers, left (Shiki no asobi hana no iroka, ge), c. 1783. Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban diptych.

Skip to the reading

Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban diptych · 38.1 × 25.4 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

Read more at the Art Institute of Chicago

Look again

What do you notice now?

Try a quick sketch

Take a minute to sketch on any paper. No upload needed.

What did you draw first? What did you leave out?

Details and source

Museum title
Pleasures of the Four Seasons: Colors and Scents of Flowers, left (Shiki no asobi hana no iroka, ge)
Artist
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川 歌麿 Japanese, c.1753-1806
Date
c. 1783
Medium
Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban diptych
Dimensions
38.1 × 25.4 cm (15 × 10 in.)
Credit line
Clarence Buckingham Collection
Image license
CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record
Art Institute of Chicago

Ukiyo-e c. 1600–1900

View in the Atlas

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.

Pleasures of the Four Seasons: Colors and Scents of Flowers, left (Shiki no asobi hana no iroka, ge) · Kitagawa Utamaro, c. 1783
Fit
Shortcuts ?
Enter
Look closer
+ −
Zoom in / out
0
Fit the whole artwork
← → ↑ ↓
Pan the image while zoomed
← →
Previous / next artwork, outside this view
Esc
Close this view; press again to return to Kitagawa Utamaro’s artworks

Tab moves between controls. Browser zoom shortcuts stay available.

Pleasures of the Four Seasons: Colors and Scents of Flowers, left (Shiki no asobi hana no iroka, ge), Kitagawa Utamaro

+ − Zoom · Arrow keys pan · Esc Close