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Ikebana Arrangement of Peony and Willow in Dragon Pot (1781 - 1806) - Kitagawa Utamaro - Canvas Print
€ 30.00
This canvas print presents an ikebana arrangement of pink peonies and sweeping willow branches in an ornate dragon pot. Created between 1781 and 1806, Kitagawa Utamaro's composition combines the ukiyo-e tradition with delicate botanical lines and vivid decorative detail
“Ikebana Arrangement of Peony and Willow in Dragon Pot” turns a formal botanical display into a lively conversation between softness and swagger. Feathery willow boughs bow and tumble across the open ground, while clustered pink peonies answer with compact bursts of color. The canvas print preserves the composition's delicious imbalance: airy foliage leans outward as the decorated vessel sits firmly below, blazing in blue, green, gold, and coral. Kitagawa Utamaro gives every contour a distinct rhythm, from nervous leaf tips to the curling dragon that seems almost ready to wriggle free.
Made sometime between 1781 and 1806, the image belongs to ukiyo-e yet looks beyond the movement's celebrated actors and beauties toward the cultivated art of flower arrangement. The peony carried associations of wealth and splendor, while willow suggested suppleness; together they stage a tiny debate between grandeur and graceful surrender. This canvas print also contains a visual joke worthy of close inspection: the disciplined ikebana rises from a pot whose dragon behaves like the least disciplined guest at a tea ceremony. Even the generous empty space participates, giving branches room to perform their elegant acrobatics.
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| Original artwork created | 1781 - 1806 |
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Latvia – 6 to 11 business days
Norway – 4 to 8 business days
United Kingdom – 4 to 8 business days
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