On View
Not on viewObject number2014.20
Modern Beauties No. 5: Girl Cutting Iris
Artist
Toshikata Mizuno
(Japanese, 1866-1908)
Date19th century
Mediumwoodblock print
Dimensionsimage flush: 8 1/4 × 12 1/8 in. (21 × 30.8 cm)
mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Charles L. Stroh
Exhibition History"Impressions: Printmaking in Japan," Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Joy Light Gallery of Asian Art (Apr. 1 - July 23, 2017).
"Vistas: Visions of China, Japan, and Korea," KIA Joy Light Gallery of Asian Art (Oct. 20, 2021 - Feb. 6, 2022)Label TextToshikata Mizuno was born shortly after Commodore Perry's ships forced Japan to re-open to Western influence and trade. He was trained in printmaking just as the market for prints and the "floating world" culture declined. Japan was being modernized. To make a living, Mizuno did a variety of print-work. He specialized somewhat in bijin-ga, though the popularity of traditional prints of Japanese beauties had passed.
