Japanese Print "Rooster on Cage Containing Hen and Chicks" by Isoda Koryusai
Artist:Isoda Koryusai
Title:Rooster on Cage Containing Hen and Chicks
Date:about 1780
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Source:Worcester Art Museum
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Description:
The artist Isoda Koryusai was supremely skilled at conceiving hashira-e (pillar print) designs; this format was first popularized in the 1740s. Such prints were then used as decorations on the free-standing support pillars exposed when interior sliding screens were removed. In this print an attentive rooster faithfully protects and communicates with a hen and her lively chicks. His family is kept in a cage placed near an old plum tree with new blossoms. The sophisticated beauty of the composition is enhanced