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Nobility Enjoying the Cooling Air on a Summer Evening (Kōki nōkyō no zu 高貴納涼ノ図),
1888 [Meiji 21]
Yōshū Chikanobu 楊洲周延, 1838–1912
Japanese
Meiji era, 1868–1912
2006-62 a-c
More Context
<p>Chikanobu’s nuanced image plays on historical presentations of otherness. As in Homer’s <em>The Trysting Place</em>—but in reverse—he represents the self in the guise of the other, rendering one’s own culture foreign by degrees. Presented is the Japanese imperial family outfitted in European-style finery in a landscape with Western architecture, gaslights, and a truss bridge. </p>
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Title
Nobility Enjoying the Cooling Air on a Summer Evening (Kōki nōkyō no zu 高貴納涼ノ図)
Dates
1888 [Meiji 21]
Maker
Medium
Woodblock print (ōban tate-e triptych); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
each sheet trimmed to block: 35.4 x 24.7 cm. (13 15/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
overall: 35.4 x 71 cm. (13 15/16 x 27 15/16 in.)
mat: 50.1 x 84.5 cm. (19 3/4 x 33 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, The Anne van Biema Collection Fund
Object Number
2006-62 a-c
Place Made
Asia, Japan
Signatures
Signed at right: Toyohara Chikanobu
Inscription
Title cartouche at top right
Marks/Labels/Seals
Publisher's seal with location and date at left, “Tanaka,” with location and date [Meiji 20] at left
Culture
Period
Techniques
Subject
–2006 Sebastian Izzard LLC, Asian Art (New York, NY), sold to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2006.
