A Bustling Procession to Takanawa 行列高縄

Print

Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

A Bustling Procession to Takanawa 行列高縄

Entry/Object ID

1997.14.05.02

Type of Print

Woodcut

Artwork Details

Medium

Paper

Acquisition

Accession

1997.14

Source or Donor

Greater Lafayette Museum of Art

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of the Greater Lafayette Museum of Art

Made/Created

Artist

Utagawa Yoshiiku 歌川芳幾

Date made

1860

Time Period

19th Century

Place

Country

Japan

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Woodcut

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Relief

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Provenance

Notes

The Art Museum of Greater Lafayette; donated to Purdue University Galleries in 1997

Exhibition

Legacy of Gifting: Donations from the Lafayette Art Museum (2023)

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Cultural/Historical Context

Label Type

Exhibition label

Label

Utagawa Yoshiiku 歌川芳幾 (1833–1904), Japanese A Bustling Procession to Takanawa 行列高縄, 1860 Ink on paper woodblock printing 1997.14.05.01-.03 Utagawa Yoshiiku was born Ochiai Yoshiiku. He was a member of the Utagawa school of art, the leading producer of Japanese ukiyo-e prints in the 19th century. As a sign of his artistic promise, Utagawa Yoshiiku was allowed to adopt the name of their teacher. This scene shows a procession of woman walking beside the water carrying silk wrapped parcels, umbrellas, and a litter with a lavishly dressed woman inside. The woman can be identified as an imperial princess from the Minamoto clan, seen in the crest on her litter. The text identifies this as a procession to Takanawa, a neighborhood near Tokyo.