Art Institute of Chicago

Sei Shonagon, from the series Ancient Patterns (Kodai moyo)

Kobayashi Kiyochika

Meiji period (1896–1912), 1896

Attribution

Kobayashi Kiyochika Japanese, 1847-1915

Medium

Color woodblock print, oban triptych

Physical dimensions

Left: 37.5 × 25 cm (14 13/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Center: 37.5 × 25 cm (14 13/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Right: 38.5 × 25.8 cm (15 3/16 × 10 3/16 in.)

Credit line

Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Fischer and Margaret Gentles funds