Wisteria Maiden (Fuji Musume)
1615–1699
- Medium
- hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- With mount: 154.9 x 28.9 cm (61 x 11 3/8 in.); Painting only: 71 x 25.2 cm (27 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
- Genre
- painting
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
About
The wisteria maiden is an otsu-e subject thought to have been inspired by popular dances. Paintings such as this were often sold as good-luck charms for marriages.