Girl at the window
- Date:
- c. 1804
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; surimono
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
A young girl sits at a window, perhaps gazing out at the street below or engaged in a reflective moment of domestic contemplation, in this surimono from around 1804. The hosoban-like intimacy of the composition — a single figure framed by architectural elements — reflects the quiet, lyrical mode Hokusai brought to bijin-related subjects in his privately printed works for poetry circle patrons.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Girl at the window was created by Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎) in c. 1804.
Girl at the window depicts children, daily life, and interiors.