# Flower Arranging

- By: Kitao Shigemasa (Japanese, 1739-1820)
- Date: c. 1769
- Medium: Color woodblock print; chuban
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: 25 × 19.1 cm (9 7/8 × 7 9/16 in.)
- Culture: Japan
- Credit line: Clarence Buckingham Collection
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/22426)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/b76d9a80-ce64-479c-2156-dc12ed7adc9a/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0