Zhu Shouchang

19th century

Not on view

The preparatory drawing for a print is usually pasted on a woodblock and cut along the lines of the drawing. This surviving preparatory drawing, which was apparently not used, is extremely rare. Kuniyoshi combined old-fashioned didacticism with an atmosphere of exoticism and novelty by exploring Western pictorial techniques and characterizations, about which the general public of his time had great curiosity.

Zhu Shouchang (J.: Shu Jushō) searched and found his mother, who had disappeared during his early youth, after a separation of more than fifty years.

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Title: Zhu Shouchang
Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japan
Medium: Woodblock print; ink on thin paper (some corrections have been pasted over the drawing)
Dimensions: 13 3/4 x 8 1/2 in. (34.9 x 21.6 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1939
Object Number: JP2750
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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