Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 117524

Princess Nukata

Artist / 作者
Kajita Hanko梶田半古
Date / 年代
1909
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / honolulu
Digital record / 画像記録
481 × 342 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Honolulu Museum of Art
Published by / 公開者
青木ソラ
Rights / 権利
No reusable image license documented
Attribution / 表記
Honolulu Museum of Art

Catalog note / 解説

This print was conserved with the support of the Robert F. Lange Foundation. Kajita Hanko was one of the key artists in the transition from traditional ukiyo-e to modern Japanese prints. He produced many kuchi-e, woodblock-printed illustrations inserted into the front of novels and magazines during the Meiji era (1868-1912). Beautiful women were frequently the subject matter for kuchi-e, just as they had been idealized as romantic reflections of the "floating world" in woodblock prints. This print could have been inspired by the kuchi-e tradition, as it portrays one of the greatest poetesses of Japanese antiquity, Princess Nukata (ca. 638-ca. 690), who was also famous for her beauty. Nukata…

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