Flower Arranging
Kitao Shigemasa
1764–1774
- Medium
- Color woodblock print; chuban
- Dimensions
- 25 × 19.1 cm (9 7/8 × 7 9/16 in.)
- Genre
- woodblock print
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
printasian artJapanese (culture or style)woodblock print
About
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.
