Gathering Persimmons
Artist/Maker
Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿
(Japanese, 1754–1806)
Publisher
Wakasaya Yoichi 若狭屋与市
Date1803–04
MediumColor woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ōban triptych; overall: 15 1/2 × 30 1/2 in. (39.4 × 77.5 cm)
Sheet (left): 15 1/2 × 10 1/8 in. (39.4 × 25.7 cm)
Sheet (center): 15 5/16 × 10 1/8 in. (38.9 × 25.7 cm)
Sheet (right): 15 1/2 × 10 1/8 in. (39.4 × 25.7 cm)
Sheet (left): 15 1/2 × 10 1/8 in. (39.4 × 25.7 cm)
Sheet (center): 15 5/16 × 10 1/8 in. (38.9 × 25.7 cm)
Sheet (right): 15 1/2 × 10 1/8 in. (39.4 × 25.7 cm)
Credit LineMary A. Ainsworth Bequest
Object number1950.420
Status
Not on viewPersimmons are tasty, red fruits that ripen in late fall and into the winter. This lively scene shows a group of stylishly dressed young women accompanied by a young man (wakashū) on a fall outing to gather the fruits. The pair at the far left use a tool to hook a branch, pulling it down for easier access. One of them, however, still needs to stand on tip-toe to reach. At the far right, one woman hoists up a smaller one. At the center, the young man has climbed the tree to pick a branch, which he hands down. The two women below him cover their mouths in amusement at this animated spectacle.
Exhibition History
Summer Asia Institute Exhibition
- Kresge Art Center, Michigan State University (June 24, 1959 - July 30, 1959 )
A College Collects: Japanese Prints from Oberlin College
- Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA (September 25, 1960 - October 15, 1960 )
- Hollins College, Hollins, VA (November 5, 1960 - November 25, 1960 )
- Public Library of Winston-Salem, Winston-Salem, NC (December 9, 1960 - December 29, 1960 )
- Watkins Institute, Nashville, TN (January 12, 1961 - February 2, 1961 )
- Port Arthur Service League, Port Arthur, TX (March 20, 1961 - April 10, 1961 )
- University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (April 23, 1961 - May 15, 1961 )
- Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA (October 6, 1961 - October 26, 1961 )
- Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI (November 8, 1961 - November 29, 1961 )
- State University of New York, Oswego, NY (January 14, 1962 - February 4, 1962 )
- Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (March 23, 1962 - April 13, 1962 )
- Wichita Art Museum, Wichitia, KS (September 6, 1962 - September 26, 1962 )
- Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, AL (October 16, 1962 - November 6, 1962 )
- University of Rochester, Rochester, NY (November 20, 1962 - December 11, 1962 )
Envisioning Edo's Splendor: The Floating World and Beyond
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 3, 2009 - July 19, 2009 )
Ukiyo-e Prints from the Mary Ainsworth Collection
- Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan (April 13, 2019 - May 25, 2019 )
- Shizuoka City Museum of Art, Shizuoka, Japan (June 8, 2019 - July 28, 2019 )
- Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts, Osaka, Japan (August 10, 2019 - September 29, 2019 )
Ukiyo-e Prints from the Mary Ainsworth Collection
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 14, 2020 - December 6, 2020 )
Collections
- Asian
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