Three Japanese women dressed in pretty kimonos stand at an entrance of a temple, Mt. Fuji in the distance.
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The first woman on the left glances back to the two other women behind her as she delicately points left with both hands. The tallest woman in the middle holds a white fan of no decoration and touches her collar with the other hand. The woman on the right holds a closed umbrella. All three have similar hair styles with their hair up and fixed with decorative combs and sticks, their faces are fair and without make-up. Half of Mt. Fuji is visible behind a pillar, depicted without color. Japanese writing at top of the pillar and on left.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.2825
People
Torii Kiyonaga, Japanese (1752 - 1815)
Title
The Temple of the Five Hundred Arhats (Rakan), from the series Mount Fuji in the Four Seasons (Shiki no Fuji)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1785
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/206918

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chūban; Paper: H. 24.1cm x W. 19.3 cm (9 1/2 x 7 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Kiyonaga ga

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel
Accession Year
1933
Object Number
1933.4.2825
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Narazaki Muneshige, Ukiyo-e shuka [Collection of the Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e Prints in Museums] Volume 8: Foggu Bijutsukan [Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University], Neruson Bijutsukan [Nelson Atkins Museum]..., Shogaku-kan (Tokyo, Japan, 1980 [Showa 55]), Color Plate 081; p. 98 (entry p. 188)

Exhibition History

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