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Japanese Prints @ St. Kate's: Selections from the Archives & Special Collections at St. Catherine University

Spring-Colored Garden in Snow Triptych

By Yōshū Chikanobu
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Part of a triptych (left). Thirteen women are playing or enjoying music in an interior scene. One woman is playing the koto (琴) (left), one is playing a transverse flute (middle), and one is playing an ichigenkin (一絃琴) or monochord (right). There is a gold-backed floral folding screen (byōbu; 屏風) in the back of the room featuring peony and a pheasant. The windows are open to show a winter garden landscape complete with plum blossoms (ume; 梅). This particular print makes a strong use of akaline red in the carpet and kimono of the women. Additional notes: Signed Chikanobu hitsu 周延筆 with toshidama seal; Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Ginjirô (彫工銀次郎)
Part of a triptych (middle). Thirteen women are playing or enjoying music in an interior scene. One woman is playing the koto (琴) (left), one is playing a transverse flute (middle), and one is playing an ichigenkin (一絃琴) or monochord (right). There is a gold-backed floral folding screen (byōbu; 屏風) in the back of the room featuring peony and a pheasant. The windows are open to show a winter garden landscape complete with plum blossoms (ume; 梅). This particular print makes a strong use of akaline red in the carpet and kimono of the women. Additional notes: Signed Chikanobu hitsu 周延筆 with toshidama seal; Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Ginjirô (彫工銀次郎)
Part of a triptych (right). Thirteen women are playing or enjoying music in an interior scene. One woman is playing the koto (琴) (left), one is playing a transverse flute (middle), and one is playing an ichigenkin (一絃琴) or monochord (right). There is a gold-backed floral folding screen (byōbu; 屏風) in the back of the room featuring peony and a pheasant. The windows are open to show a winter garden landscape complete with plum blossoms (ume; 梅). This particular print makes a strong use of akaline red in the carpet and kimono of the women. Additional notes: Signed Chikanobu hitsu 周延筆 with toshidama seal; Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Ginjirô (彫工銀次郎)