Kunisada: Maple Viewing in Autumn (Momijigari no zu - 紅葉かりノ図)

Artist: Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1864)
Title: Viewing Maple Leaves (Momijigari no zu - 紅葉かりノ図)  Date: ca. 1832

From a rare set of ten landscapes, these works have a unique stylization that is all their own. Here we see two women on a path, hurrying behind two men with large traveling hats who carry pipes. One woman looks ahead towards their presumed picnic spot, while the second one beckons to their attendant, who follows behind, probably slowed by his shouldered burden of supplies. Their path ahead leads to a fork in the road; towards a low bridge across a river as well as to a path along a hillside. All around them are maple trees in autumn color, with their orange lead pigment in varying states of oxidation.

Condition: Very good impression; good color and good/fair condition. Hinging remnants, verso.  Dimensions: ôban (25.4 x 37.7 cm)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tobei  Signature: Kôchôrô Kunisada ga

References: Sebastian Izzard, Kunisada's World, 1993, p. 141, no. 65/8; Utagawa Kunisada: 150th Anniversary of His Death, Ota Memorial Museum of Art, 2014, p. 123, no. 161. See Art Institute of Chicago.

SKU: KUC048S