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Cherry Blossom Battle
188019th century
27 in. x 14 in. (68.58 cm x 35.56 cm)
Toyohara Chikanobu, Japanese, (1837–1912)
Object Type:
Prints
Creation Place:
Asia, Japan
Medium and Support:
color woodblock print on paper
Credit Line:
Carleton College Art Collection
Accession Number:
2004.014
In recent years, Carleton has started acquiring Japanese prints from the Meiji period of the late 19th century and very early 20th century. Our focus is on images of women, using art to help visualize gender roles and also to track the absorption of Western influences into Japanese culture.
This triptych shows the Meiji empress on the right, enjoying a kind of mock battle staged by her court ladies, who are using cherry blossoms instead ofs words. During cherry blossom time, many inhibitions and social conventions were thrown aside and big parties were held. This print is an homage to the Meiji empress, so it's a propaganda image. It's also a fabulous composition in its own right: all the bright colors and patterns organized through the three panels of the triptych made this an attractive purchase.
- Laurel Bradley, Carleton College Calendar 2005
This triptych shows the Meiji empress on the right, enjoying a kind of mock battle staged by her court ladies, who are using cherry blossoms instead ofs words. During cherry blossom time, many inhibitions and social conventions were thrown aside and big parties were held. This print is an homage to the Meiji empress, so it's a propaganda image. It's also a fabulous composition in its own right: all the bright colors and patterns organized through the three panels of the triptych made this an attractive purchase.
- Laurel Bradley, Carleton College Calendar 2005
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
19th Century,
color woodcuts,
Japanese,
paper (fiber product)*,
prints (visual works)*,
temple blocks*,
woodcuts (prints)*
- 19th Century
- color woodcuts
- Japanese
- paper (fiber product) - Refers generally to all types of matted or felted sheets or webs of fiber formed and dried on a fine screen from a pulpy water suspension. The fibers may be animal, such as hair, silk or wool, or mineral, such as asbestos, or synthetic. However most paper is made from cellulosic plant fiber, such as from wood pulp, grass, cotton, linen, and straw.
- prints (visual works) - Pictorial works produced by transferring images by means of a matrix such as a plate, block, or screen, using any of various printing processes. When emphasizing the individual printed image, use "impressions." Avoid the controversial expression "original prints," except in reference to discussions of the expression's use. If prints are neither "reproductive prints" nor "popular prints," use just "prints." With regard to photographs, see "photographic prints"; for types of reproductions of technical drawings and documents, see terms found under "reprographic copies."
- temple blocks - Woodblocks used in temple rituals in China, Japan, and Korea.
- woodcuts (prints) - Prints made using the process of woodcut.
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Falling Blossoms, Floating World , 1/22/2016 - 3/9/2016
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