Minneapolis Institute of Art

Woman Holding a Roll of Paper

Kikukawa Eizan; Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi

Date

1810s

Medium

Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper

Department

Asian Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Two ōban sheets were joined vertically to create a large image of a beautiful woman. Such formats are called kakemono-e (hanging scroll pictures) as they were often mounted onto a simple hanging scroll with a paper border and backing. They were used by townspeople as relatively inexpensive interior decoration. For this reason, these prints rarely survived in their original state and condition. Japan, Asia

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