Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 20272
Beauty in Indigo Blue
- Artist / 作者
- Utagawa Kunisada歌川国貞
- Date / 年代
- 1786
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / jaodb
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 205 × 600 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Japanese Art Open Database
- Published by / 公開者
- 水野ナギ
- Rights / 権利
- No reusable image license documented
- Attribution / 表記
- Japanese Art Open Database
Catalog note / 解説
Beauty in Indigo Blue, by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864) Cloaked in a black hood, this woman dressed in a monochrome indigo blue kimono is seen walking in the snow. The cloudy sky behind her and the white of the snow drifts contrast with the indigo. The pigment indigo had always been used in ukiyo-e prints, but its cool tones became especially popular at the end of the Edo period, and it was used in a variety of settings.
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