Prints
Child Reaching for a Fishbowl
Woodblock Print
Details
- Author / creator
- Nishimura Shigenaga (Japanese, 1697?-1756)
- Object type
- Date or period
- c. mid 1720s
- Dimensions summary
- Sheet: 33.7 × 15.9 cm
- Paper / support
- Japanese paper
- State and impression
- Second state of three
About this object
This early hand-colored print is enriched with a technique called urushi-e (literally “lacquer picture”), in which glue is painted over areas of black pigment, producing a lustrous surface reminiscent of lacquer. Metal filings sprinkled onto the designs of parasols, a fan, and musical instruments on the woman’s kimono enhance the sense of luxury.
Materials and technique
Hand-colored woodblock print
Signature and marks
Signature: Yamato eshi Nishimura Shigenaga zu Artist Seal: Shigenaga Publisher: Izumiya Gonshiro (Benie kongen Asakusa mitsuke dobocho Gonshiro)
