Iris, Daughter of Ariwara Narihira, from the series Six Fashionable Floral Selections

Utagawa Kunisada

Edo period (1615-1868), 1853

  • Titles Iris, Daughter of Ariwara Narihira, from the series Six Fashionable Floral Selections (Proper)@「風流六花撰ノ内　かほよ花」　「娘業平」 (Proper)@The Six Fashionable Flowers (Former title)@Furyu Roku Kasen no Uchi (Former title)
  • Artist Utagawa Kunisada, Japanese, 1786 - 1864
  • Medium ink and color on paper (triptych)
  • Dimensions 15 x 10 1/8 in. (38.1 x 25.7 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of the Utagawa-ha Monjin-kai, 1994.142.40-.42
  • Work Type woodblock prints
  • Classification Prints

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Two interior walls, with mural paintings on both sides, from a Buddhist temple. One side of each wall has been conserved to reveal paintings. Opposite sides are on view to the public, but their paintings are obscured by smoke and fire damage. Scenes are two end panels from a larger composition of the Buddha of the three times, Past (Dipankara), Present (Shakyamuni [missing] and Future (Maitreya)