
The Courtesan Takigawa of the Ogiya with Her Attendants Onami and Menami, from the series "Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyo)"
- Date:
- 1783
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; oban
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Three women in a vertical procession fill the composition, the tall central courtesan wearing a pale coral kimono patterned with a large peacock and pink peony sprays, its trailing hem sweeping into elaborate looped folds. Two shorter attendants flank her in kimonos of olive green, brown, and cream with small floral and dot motifs, all three sharing the same high, wide-pinned coiffures with long ornamental hairpins. Vertical text cartouches and the artist's signature occupy the upper right against the print's plain beige ground; the palette is dominated by soft coral, olive, cream, and black outlines typical of an oban color woodblock print.
Torii Kiyonaga, "The Courtesan Takigawa of the Ogiya with Her Attendants Onami and Menami," from the series *Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyo)*, 1783. Color woodblock print, oban.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The Courtesan Takigawa of the Ogiya with Her Attendants Onami and Menami, from the series "Models for Fashion: New Designs as Fresh as Young Leaves (Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyo)" was created by Torii Kiyonaga (鳥居清長) in 1783.