Wheelwright

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Attributed To Hishikawa Moronobu (Japanese, 1618–1694)

Culture Japanese

Title Wheelwright

Series Pictures of Various Occupations of Japan

Date Ca. 1685

Medium Woodblock print on paper

Dimensions Overall: 10 1/4 x 6 7/16 in. (26 x 16.4 cm)

Credit Line Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 75.96.44

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Hishikawa Moronobu, the son of a textile embroiderer and dyer, was a painter, printmaker, and prolific illustrator. He produced not only single prints, but also prints in series, as well as illustrated books.There are fifty-nine books which bear his signature and at least an additional one hundred more associated with his name. His subjects ranged from the Japanese classics such as the Tale of Genji to depictions of actors, courtesans and workers in the city of Edo (Tokyo).His strong black and white designs are visually striking and his attention to details gives the modern viewer a window onto the seventeenth century word of Japan.

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Series Title Pictures of Various Occupations of Japan
Foreign Language Series Title Wakoku Shoshoku Ezukushi

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