A print from October 1896 depicting a woman with a doll from the series "The Appearance of Upper-Class Women of the Edo Period" — one of Chikanobu's major historical series documenting the dress and customs of aristocratic women from the Tokugawa period. The title's Japanese ("Eda ni utsusu," roughly "Reflected in a Branch") suggests a poetic or metaphorical framing that places the woman and her doll within a lyrical context. The doll, as a luxury object of feminine culture, speaks to the refined material world of Edo-period upper-class women.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Resembling a Branch (Eda ni utsusu), from the series The Appearance of Upper-Class Women of the Edo Period (Tokugawa jidai kifujin no sugata) -- Woman with a Doll was created by Toyohara Chikanobu (豊原周延) in Meiji period, dated October 10, 1896.
Yes — Resembling a Branch (Eda ni utsusu), from the series The Appearance of Upper-Class Women of the Edo Period (Tokugawa jidai kifujin no sugata) -- Woman with a Doll is part of the The Appearance of Upper-Class Women of the Edo period series by Toyohara Chikanobu.
Resembling a Branch (Eda ni utsusu), from the series The Appearance of Upper-Class Women of the Edo Period (Tokugawa jidai kifujin no sugata) -- Woman with a Doll depicts landscapes, bijin-ga, and mount fuji, set at Tokyo.
Resembling a Branch (Eda ni utsusu), from the series The Appearance of Upper-Class Women of the Edo Period (Tokugawa jidai kifujin no sugata) -- Woman with a Doll measures 36.8 × 24.8 cm (Oban format).
