Women Chasing Crickets on an Autumn Moor (early 1790s): Art, History and Details

Women Chasing Crickets on an Autumn Moor (early 1790s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

In the waning days of summer, autumn insects begin to sing, heralding the approach of autumn. The two courtesans and their servant chase crickets among flowering bush clover, one of the flowers of autumn. In the background ancient courtiers enjoy the same pastime. Note the plovers, or chidori, on the kimono of the woman on the left. These are shorebirds that migrate through Japan during the autumn and spring. Chidori in flight have been a favored theme of art and poetry for more than a thousand years in Japan.

Object facts

• Title: Women Chasing Crickets on an Autumn Moor
• Date: early 1790s
• Creator attribution: Chōbunsai Eishi (Japanese, 1756–1829)
• Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
• Type: Print
• Technique: color woodblock print
• Dimensions: Sheet: 36.9 x 25.2 cm (14 1/2 x 9 15/16 in.)
• Collection: Japanese Art
• Department: Japanese Art
• Accession number: 1940.1045

Collection credit

Bequest of James Parmelee

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