woman with white and purple irises behind her; woman wears Western dress, with a straw hat with black feathers and white flowers, pink and purple dress with purple and white plaid collar and large black buttons and blue tie at neckline; woman holds a Western style pink parasol with black handle and purple tassel with red bead

Appearing as if Having Been on a Stroll, Behavior of a Lady of the Meiji period, June 1888

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In the final print of this nostalgic series, Yoshitoshi presents the future in a very modern-looking woman of his own time period and the only one in the set dressed in Western clothes. This married lady of the upper class is set against tall, blooming irises, indicating that the portrait depicts her during the month of May. She epitomizes the height of Western fashion, complete with bustle, buttons, bow tie, and parasol.

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Title
Appearing as if Having Been on a Stroll, Behavior of a Lady of the Meiji period
Artist Life
1839 - 1892
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2017.106.224
Catalogue Raisonne
Keyes, Courage and Silence (1982), no. 503.23; Iwakiri, Yoshitoshi (2014), fig. 281, p. 276.
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woman with white and purple irises behind her; woman wears Western dress, with a straw hat with black feathers and white flowers, pink and purple dress with purple and white plaid collar and large black buttons and blue tie at neckline; woman holds a Western style pink parasol with black handle and purple tassel with red bead