Young Woman with a Caged Monkey (Calendar Print for New Year 1776)
- Date:
- 1776
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; chuban
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
A young woman in a floral-patterned kimono with pale orange under-layers bends forward at the waist, reaching one hand into a wooden slatted cage to touch a small monkey inside, while her other sleeve is drawn up near her face. To the left of the cage sit two small potted plants on the same low wooden stand; columns of calligraphy and a red seal appear in the upper left of the composition. The print is rendered in a muted palette of grey, soft orange, and cream against a plain background, identified as Katsukawa Shunshō's chuban color woodblock print "Young Woman with a Caged Monkey" (calendar print for New Year 1776), 1771.
More Prints by Katsukawa Shunshō
The Actor Arashi Sangoro II as Sakura-maru in the Play Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the First Month, 1772
c. 1772
Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of a multisheet print
The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro I as the female fox from Mt. Ubagadake in the play "Chigo Torii Tobiiri Kitsune," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1777
c. 1777
Color woodblock print; one sheet of hosoban tetraptych
The Warrior Ômori Hikoshichi Carrying a Demon on His Back
About 1772
Color woodblock print; chûban
The Actor Segawa Tomisaburo I as the Heron Maiden (Sagi Musume)
c. 1774
Color woodblock print; hosoban
Frequently Asked Questions
Young Woman with a Caged Monkey (Calendar Print for New Year 1776) was created by Katsukawa Shunshō (勝川春章) in 1776.