Art Institute of Chicago
Beauty Beneath a Willow Tree
Isoda KoryusaiLinkedCulture matchlcp-e1286e4bc9aa
- Date
- Edo period, c. 1780
- Medium
- Hanging scroll; ink on silk
- Culture
- Japan
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 8900
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
This image focuses on a young woman as she strolls beneath a willow tree, lost in thought. She wears a black kimono over layers of red and an obi sash embroidered with phoenixes—elaborate attire that suggests she is on the way to some engagement. The abundant details in the patterns and colors of her outfit stand out against the abbreviated landscape rendered in ink.
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- Credit line
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
- Provenance
- Frederick William Gookin (1853–1936), Chicago, by May 1931. Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858–1937), Chicago, by June 6, 1931; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, June 6, 1931.
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- Object type
- AAT300033618
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