Two Geisha and Porter in Wind and Rain at Night

Print

Drexel Founding Collection

#1998, Photographed by Mary Elizabeth Kulesa, 2023: Recto

Name/Title

Two Geisha and Porter in Wind and Rain at Night

Entry/Object ID

1998

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

James W. Paul, Jr., Philadelphia

Notes

Date: 1969 Credit Line: Gift of James W. Paul, Jr. to the Drexel Library then transferred to The Drexel Collection Means of Accession: Transfer Source: James W. Paul, Jr. Donated to the Drexel Library 1906-1907

Made/Created

Artist

Kitagawa Utamaro

Date made

1801

Place

Country

Japan

Continent

Asia

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

H, W: 9 5/8x14 3/8 in; H, W: 24.1x36.1 cm

Height

9-5/8 in

Width

14-3/8 in

Height

24.1 cm

Width

36.1 cm

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Curator Pick of the Month

Label

Kitagawa Utamaro was a Japanese artist who was born in 1753 and died in 1806. Utamaro is one of the most recognizable ukiyo-e designers. Ukiyo-e prints greatly influenced Western artists as well as the west’s view of Japanese art. Utamaro’s images often depict women with elongated features and exaggerated proportions. In this particular image, a man holding a lantern is escorting two geishas through the rain at night. This piece is part of Volume 2 of “Ehon Shiki no Hana” (Flowers of the Four Seasons.)