Spring Outing to Mukojima
- Date:
- c. 1787
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; right sheet of oban triptych
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Two women walk along a riverside path, the foreground figure bent forward mid-stride with her sleeve raised, the other holding a wide round hat to her head; a child in a pale robe trails behind, and a thatched-roof house with a lattice window stands at right behind a wood-picket fence. The palette is muted — soft ochre and tan kimonos patterned with dot motifs, set against pale greens for the grassy banks and trees and a flat cream sky, with a river, moored boats, and distant rooftops in the background. Torii Kiyonaga, "Spring Outing to Mukojima," 1782, color woodblock print, right sheet of an oban triptych.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Spring Outing to Mukojima was created by Torii Kiyonaga (鳥居清長) in c. 1787.
Spring Outing to Mukojima depicts spring.