Artworks

A Perspective Picture of Viewing the Snow and Drinking Saké (Uki-e Yukimi Shuen no zu)

Artwork · Utagawa Toyoharu · Japanese woodblock print · Art Institute of Chicago

An uki-e by Utagawa Toyoharu (1735–1814), the founder of the Utagawa school, using Western one-point perspective: in tatami rooms open to a snow-covered garden, people are served food and drink by young ladies, play Japanese checkers or talk, while one group makes a gigantic snowball. 1 Mason 2005, pp. 276–277, fig. 315. ↩ Literatur Mason 2005: Penelope E. Mason, History of Japanese Art, 2nd, Pearson Education LTD. 2005.