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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 by Toyohara Chikanobu — Japanese Woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper, Meiji period, dated October 10, 1896

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

by Toyohara Chikanobu

Meiji/Taishō Prints
LandscapesBijin-gaMount Fuji
Tokyo
Date:
Meiji period, dated October 10, 1896
Medium:
Woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper
Format:
Oban
Dimensions:
36.8 × 24.8 cm

Description

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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).