
Nanamachi of the Yotsumeya with Attendants Sumano and Akashi
- Date:
- c. 1787
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Four women in elaborate layered kimono stand grouped beneath a flowering branch (blossoms in pale pink and white at upper left and right), with a paper lantern bearing the characters "京町" at left. The two foreground figures wear black outer robes patterned in gold floral motifs over robes in rust-orange and dove-gray with floral and geometric patterns, their hair dressed with combs and pins; a woman behind them holds a round fan, and a further attendant is partly visible at the far left edge. Vertical columns of Japanese text occupy the upper right, with the artist's cursive signature and a red seal near the right margin; the palette is muted — cream ground, sumi black, soft grays, and warm ochre-orange — printed as an oban color woodblock by Chōbunsai Eishi, 1782, titled *Nanamachi of the Yotsumeya with Attendants Sumano and Akashi*.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Nanamachi of the Yotsumeya with Attendants Sumano and Akashi was created by Chōbunsai Eishi (鳥文斎栄之) in c. 1787.