Flower Arranging

CC0 Public Domain Designation

Arts of Asia

c. 1769

Kitao Shigemasa (Japanese, 1739-1820)

Two young girls are shown arranging flowers, likely preparing for an important guest. One places an arrangement including irises and pinks in a jar hanging on the pillar next to a scroll painting. The other is cutting the stem of a chrysanthemum to place in the jar before her.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Asia

Artist: Kitao Shigemasa
Title: Flower Arranging
Place: Japan (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1764–1774
Medium: Color woodblock print; chuban
Dimensions: 25 × 19.1 cm (9 7/8 × 7 9/16 in.)
Credit Line: Clarence Buckingham Collection
Reference Number: 1925.2550
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