Kitchen Scene
- Medium
- Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- 14 5/16 × 19 5/8 in. (36.3 × 49.9 cm) (image, sheet, vertical ōban diptych) 22 7/8 × 28 7/8 × 1 1/2 in. (58.1 × 73.34 × 3.81 cm) (outer frame)
- Genre
Tags
Japan
About
In addition to picturing the great beauty and perfection of the Floating World's greatest courtesans, Utamaro also rendered women of various classes, sometimes engaged in mundane tasks. In this print he shows women stoking a stove, peeling potatoes and washing dishes.
