Terms and conditions of use
Leisure time
(Tsurezure)
1934
from the Ten types of female nudes (Rajo Jusshu 裸女十種) series (1934)
Medium
colour woodblock
Measurements
48.0 × 37.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, NGV Asian Art Acquisition Fund, 2014
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
Leisure time is from a series by Ishikawa Toraji that depicts Japanese women in fashionable modern interiors.The women are nude in each scene, giving the prints a voyeuristic and erotic sensibility. This woman thumbs through a volume of nineteenth-century Japanese woodblock prints that Toraji uses as a point of contrast to the contemporary woman. Here a sleeping calico cat adds to the tranquility of the scene, emphasising the solitary act of reading.
Artwork Details
Accession Number
2014.24.9
Department
Asian Art
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