Snowy Morning in the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro yuki no ashita)
- Date:
- c. 1789
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; left sheet of oban diptych
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Snowy Morning in the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro yuki no ashita), left sheet of an oban diptych by Torii Kiyonaga, 1781. A standing woman in a pale ochre kimono patterned with pine boughs and drifting snow pauses with one hand at her collar, facing a latticed shoji screen through which a snow-covered garden and bare trees are visible; behind her a second woman in a diamond-patterned robe stands near the sliding doors. In the lower left, a seated man in a grey robe and a kneeling woman tend a round brazier and an incense or writing box, with a folded item in ochre and grey beside them on the tatami; the palette is limited to soft yellows, greys, and cream, giving the scene a quiet, muted, wintry stillness.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Snowy Morning in the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro yuki no ashita) was created by Torii Kiyonaga (鳥居清長) in c. 1789.
Snowy Morning in the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro yuki no ashita) depicts winter.