Preparing to Take a Stroll: A Married Woman in the Meiji Period
- Date:
- 1888
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
"Preparing to Take a Stroll" (1888) depicts a respectable married woman of the Meiji period adjusting her appearance before venturing out, drawn from Yoshitoshi's [bijin-ga](/glossary/bijin-ga) output of his mature years. Unlike the courtesans and geisha of earlier [ukiyo-e](/glossary/ukiyo-e), this figure represents the new bourgeois woman of the Meiji era—modestly dressed, self-possessed, and at home in a society experiencing rapid Westernization. The composition is notable for its careful rendering of contemporary fashion, making it a document of 1880s Tokyo domestic life.
1888
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Color woodblock print
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Preparing to Take a Stroll: A Married Woman in the Meiji Period was created by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡芳年) in 1888.
Preparing to Take a Stroll: A Married Woman in the Meiji Period depicts bijin-ga.
