{"product_id":"chikanobu-fue-fuku-吹く笛-beauty-playing-the-flute","title":"Chikanobu: Fue Fuku 吹く笛 (Beauty Playing the Flute)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yōshū Chikanobu (1838-1912)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fue Fuku 吹く笛 (Playing the Flute)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSeries:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fuku Zukushi. “Customs of the East: A Collection of Fuku Words” 東風俗福つくし  \u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1889\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eA young woman plays the flute beneath the full moon. She is in an iris garden, and her companion looks on with graceful charm, fan in hand. Both convey poise in their elegant clothing and beautiful surroundings.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThis amusing series elaborates on words containing the sound “Fuku”; here we also see “Huye HUKU” in romaji in the title cartouche.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eFuku (huku) also means blessings, or good fortune, while “fue fuku” means playing the flute.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eChikanobu is one of the few ukiyo-e artists to be the eldest son of a samurai family. He was a retainer of the Sakakibara clan of the Takada Domain. He studied first with Kuniyoshi, and then with Kunisada, and then with Kunichika. In 1868 Chikanobu actually participated in the Battle of Ueno during the Boshin War as a samurai of his domain. He resumed his career as an ukiyo-e artist around 1875.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Excellent\/Very good impression; excellent\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003ecolor and condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e ôban (36.6 x 25 cm) \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Takegawa Unokichi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSignature:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yôshû Chikanobu-hitsu \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yōshū Chikanobu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42882259714130,"sku":"CHK094","price":425.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0079\/3388\/6546\/files\/CHK094.jpg?v=1794027325","url":"https:\/\/egenolfgallery.com\/products\/chikanobu-fue-fuku-%e5%90%b9%e3%81%8f%e7%ac%9b-beauty-playing-the-flute","provider":"Egenolf Gallery Japanese Prints","version":"1.0","type":"link"}