Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 62551

Preparations of the Bride

Artist / 作者
Toyohara Chikanobu楊洲周延
Date / 年代
1895
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / robynbuntin
Digital record / 画像記録
500 × 249 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Robyn Buntin of Honolulu
Published by / 公開者
朱雀ハル
Rights / 権利
No commercial-app permission documented
Attribution / 表記
Robyn Buntin of Honolulu

Catalog note / 解説

The central figure in the all-white kimono is a bride getting ready for her wedding. Very special printing with urushi-e on the hair and gauffrage on the wedding kimono. The woman on the right wears a ceremonial black kimono called a tomesode worn by relatives of the bride and groom. This black kimono is also printed in urushi-e. A spectacular arrangement of pines, bamboo, plum blossoms, crane, and tortoise, all auspicious symbols, is in the background. For more on Chikanobu and his prints, go to: Bruce A. Coats, \"Chikanobu, Modernity and Nostalgia in Japanese Prints.

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