
Fleeing from the Samurai
by Keisai Eisen
- Date:
- 19th century
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Two women in layered court robes—one in white and gray, the other trailing a long red-and-black patterned outer garment—move left across a veranda toward an open view of pine trees and blue water, followed by a small child attendant in blue and red. At right, a seated figure in a blue plaid robe and black cap kneels beside a suspended purple curtain within a screened interior hung with red lanterns. The palette is dominated by indigo blues, muted greens, and vermillion red against pale cream ground, with fine black linework throughout.
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Nunobiki Falls at Jakko Shrine (Jakko Nunobiki no taki), from the series "Scenic Spots in the Mountains of Nikko (Nikkosan meisho no uchi)"
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Distant View of Snow on the Sumida River in Edo
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Backward-viewing Falls, One of the Three Waterfalls (Urami-ga-taki, santaki no sono ikkei), from the series "Famous Scenic Spots in the Mountains of Nikko (Nikkosan meisho no uchi)"
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Fleeing from the Samurai was created by Keisai Eisen (渓斎英泉) in 19th century.