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Courtesy of the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
A Woman Viewing Iris Pond at Horikiri
Courtesy of the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
Courtesy of the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
Photograph and Digital Image © Kalamazoo Institute of Arts. Not for reproduction or publication.
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Object number1960/1.419

A Woman Viewing Iris Pond at Horikiri

Artist (Japanese, 1797-1858)
Date1851
Mediumwoodblock print
Dimensionsmat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
sheet: 14 5/8 × 9 7/8 in. (37.1 × 25.1 cm)
image: 14 3/8 × 9 3/4 in. (36.5 × 24.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Fillette Many
Exhibition History"Impressions: Printmaking in Japan," Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Joy Light Gallery of Asian Art (Apr. 1 - July 23, 2017).Label TextThis bijin-ga (beautiful woman print) is set in one of the centuries-old, private iris gardens for which Tokyo's Horikiri district was famous.
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