Object Details
- Label
- Pillar prints (hashira-e) were intended for display, and were pasted directly onto walls or pillars or mounted as hanging scrolls for a more formal presentation. Images of beautiful women (bijinga) were especially prevalent among the subjects of pillar prints, which flourished from the 1740s until the 1770s, when this print was designed by Koryvsai. Here a courtesan dreams after she has fallen asleep while sitting at her desk. The dream, which is represented as rising from her heart, is of Mount Fuji, a falcon, and eggplants, all auspicious symbols for the New Year. This design may have been published for display on the New Year.
- Collection
- National Museum of Asian Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Masterful Illusions: Japanese Prints from the Anne van Biema Collection (September 15, 2002 to January 9, 2003)
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Artist
- Isoda Koryusai 磯田湖竜斎 (1735-1790)
- Date
- 1773-1775
- Period
- Edo period
- Credit Line
- The Anne van Biema Collection
- Medium
- Ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (overall): 68.5 x 12 cm (26 15/16 x 4 3/4 in)
- Type
