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「御遊覧青葉の里」
Enjoying the Village of Green Leaves (Goyûran aoba no sato)
「御遊覧青葉の里」
Japanese
Meiji era
1903 (Meiji 36), October
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.3 x 73.4 cm (14 5/16 x 28 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection
Accession Number2000.278a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
This idyllic scene shows the imagined home life of the Crown Prince and Princess, with a luxurious lifestyle combining Japanese and Western customs. The Prince wears a uniform and sits in a chair in the garden, while the Princess is seated on the veranda to the right wearing Japanese court costume. Ladies-in-waiting care for the couple’s first two children. The little boy at the left is two-year-old Prince Hirohito, the future Shōwa Emperor; the baby is the future Prince Chichibu, just one year old at this time.
Catalogue Raisonné
Konishi, Nishiki-e Bakumatsu Meiji no rekishi 12 (1977), pp. 34-5; Asai, Kinsei nishiki-e sesôshi 8 (1936), pp. 98-9
DescriptionAn imagined depiction of the life of the Crown Prince and Princess and their children; the little boy in a uniform is the future Shôwa Emperor, two years old at the time.
Signed
Ôju Nobukazu
應需延一
應需延一
ProvenanceVarious dealers: primarily in London and Tokyo. Purchased between 1985-1999.