Cherry Blossoms, from the series Brocades of Edo
Ikeda Terukata (Japanese, 1883–1921)
published by Akiyama Buemon
1903
- Medium
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Classification
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 24.9 x 37.2 cm (9 13/16 x 14 5/8 in.); Image: 21.1 x 31.8 cm (8 5/16 x 12 1/2 in.)
- Culture
- Japan, Meiji period (1868–1912)
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Japanese Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Frederick and Tina Zwegat
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
In this print, a fashionably dressed woman holds out a parasol as she gazes at cherry blossoms. She stands close to her palanquin, which is decorated with elaborate metal fittings. Along with his wife, Ikeda Shoen (1888–1917), Ikeda Terukata trained with print artist Mizuno Toshikata (1866–1908) and focused on designs of beautiful women. He exhibited and won prizes in both the annual Ministry of Education Exhibition (Bunten) and Japan Art Institute Exhibition (Inten).
