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Elegant Pleasures of the Four Seasons
Utamaroc. 1782
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The title of this print suggests a series of four, but only this wintry print is known. A boy has dropped his toy wrestlers as he is hoisted up to a woman who has been enjoying a book at the heated table. Her companion buries her head beneath the blanket to stay warm, her bare feet exposed by a girl tending the hot coals in the pit in the floor.
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- Title: Elegant Pleasures of the Four Seasons
- Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753-1806)
- Date Created: c. 1782
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 26.1 x 39.1 cm (10 1/4 x 15 3/8 in.)
- Provenance: Charles B. Eddy Collection, (Yamanaka & Co.), Edward L. Whittemore
- Type: Print
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1930.196
- Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Inscriptions: Itchō ga
- Department: Japanese Art
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
- Credit Line: Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore
- Collection: Japanese Art
- Accession Number: 1930.196
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