#2061, Photographed by Mary Elizabeth Kulesa, 2023
Recto
Name/Title
Woman Standing in Front of a Snow Covered Background
Entry/Object ID
2061
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
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
Date made
1815
Place
Country
Japan
Continent
Asia
Dimensions
Height
14-3/4 in
Width
9-5/8 in
Interpretative Labels
Label Type
Curator Pick of the Month
Label
For the month of December, The Drexel Collection has chosen Woman Standing in Front of Snow Covered Background by Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III), a woodblock print created from Japan.
Woodblock prints came to be the expression of the urban culture and emerging middle class of the Tokugawa period (1603-1867). Edo, the capital of Japan, became the epicenter of this artistic phenomenon that acquired great popularity in connection with the flourishing practice of Kabuki theatre. The Drexel Collection houses nearly 200 19th-century Japanese woodblock prints.
