A print depicting a nobleman boating — a scene of aristocratic water-borne leisure that evokes the Heian courtly tradition of pleasure boating on lakes and rivers, where poetry composition and music-making accompanied the visual enjoyment of seasonal scenery. The nobleman's boat carried associations with the aesthetic culture of the imperial court at its most refined: the specific kind of decorated pleasure vessel, the costume appropriate to such occasions, and the social rituals of formal leisure all would be rendered with Chikanobu's characteristic historical precision.
Meiji period, dated October 10, 1896
Woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Nobleman Boating was created by Toyohara Chikanobu (豊原周延).
Nobleman Boating depicts figures, boats & ships, and rivers & lakes.
