"Out for a Walk" places a figure in the casual public movement of urban Edo life, likely a woman given Kuniyoshi's frequent bijin-ga subjects. Such prints of walking beauties, capturing kimono pattern, gait, and seasonal surroundings, were popular for their fashion documentation as much as aesthetic appeal. Kuniyoshi's approach to bijin subjects often carries a sense of personality and circumstance absent from more idealized treatments.
Woodblock print
1928
Color lithograph
1930
Color lithograph
1948
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Out for a walk was created by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳).
Out for a walk depicts urban scenes, figures, and bijin-ga.