Young Samurai and Female Attendants Practicing Archery, Half of a Diptych

Utagawa Toyokuni I

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Object Label

In addition to his celebrated kabuki actor prints, Toyokuni excelled at pictures of beautiful women, incorporating the long, lithe figure type that had come into vogue with the work of Kitagawa Utamaro (1750–1806) and Torii Kiyonaga (1752–1815) in the preceding decades. Archery was a refined activity associated with the samurai warrior class; the man kneeling in the middle is clearly identified as a young samurai with his shaved forelock and hakama pants.

Caption

Utagawa Toyokuni I Japanese, 1769–1825. Young Samurai and Female Attendants Practicing Archery, Half of a Diptych, ca. 1800. Diptych, woodblock print, 15 1/4 x 10 1/8 in. (38.7 x 25.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ran Hettena, 86.263.11. No known copyright restrictions (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.263.11_IMLS_PS4.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Asian Art

Title

Young Samurai and Female Attendants Practicing Archery, Half of a Diptych

Date

ca. 1800

Period

Edo Period

Geography

Place made: Japan

Medium

Diptych, woodblock print

Classification

Print

Dimensions

15 1/4 x 10 1/8 in. (38.7 x 25.7 cm)

Signatures

Toyokuni-ga

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ran Hettena

Accession Number

86.263.11

Rights

No known copyright restrictions

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