Beauty with Dragon Obi

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Beauty with Dragon Obi

Mihata Jōryū

Date
1830s
Medium
Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk
Department
Asian Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art

Mihata Jōryū’s paintings of beautiful women with well-defined features and luxuriously designed kimonos were very fashionable, even in trendy Edo (modern-day Tokyo). The black obi, or sash, worn by this stylish woman is decorated with a dragon placed amid stylized, curly clouds. Japan, Asia

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