Women Painting Fans
- Date:
- 1790s
- Medium:
- Woodblock print (surimono), ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
- 12.8 × 18.4 cm
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Description
Women at a workshop table apply paint to folding fans (sensu) in this surimono from the 1790s, the fan-painting trade being one of the cottage industries in which skilled women produced decorative goods for Edo's thriving gift economy. Hokusai was himself a fan designer of note, and this inside view of the fan-painting studio carries a professional familiarity with the craft depicted.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Women Painting Fans was created by Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾北斎) in 1790s.
Women Painting Fans depicts figures, craftspeople, and fans.
Women Painting Fans measures 12.8 × 18.4 cm (Oban format).