Lady of the Houei Era (1704-1711)
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
A print depicting a lady of the Houei era (1704–1711) — a period of the middle Tokugawa shogunate characterized by economic crisis and the eruption of Mount Fuji in 1707. Despite these difficulties, the Houei era's visual culture was remarkably refined, its dress and decorative arts representing a mature development of the Genroku aesthetic that had preceded it. Chikanobu's historical lady from this period would be costumed in the characteristic early eighteenth-century refinement of kimono design and hairstyle.
Meiji period, dated October 10, 1896
Woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Lady of the Houei Era (1704-1711) was created by Toyohara Chikanobu (豊原周延).
Lady of the Houei Era (1704-1711) depicts bijin-ga and portraits.
