Interior of a Japanese House

Artist Charles W. Bartlett (British, 1860 - 1940)

Date1918

MediumWatercolor on paper

DimensionsImage: 14 3/4 x 20 3/4 in. (37.5 x 52.7 cm)
Sheet: 16 7/8 x 22 5/16 in. (42.9 x 56.7 cm)

ClassificationsWatercolors

Credit LineGift of Anna Rice Cooke, 1927 (12575)

Object number12575

DescriptionView into interior of a house with traditional features (tatami, shoji); family grouping includes woman nursing baby, little boy reading, woman playing koto, woman drinking tea, and man reading newspaper

Between the sliding walls of a house, five Japanese figures in kimonos kneel on the straw mat on the floor. Each is absorbed in his occupation. A woman, the nearest and most central figure, kneels on a cushion with back to observer, strumming a string instrument. A man, partially hidden by the right wall, reads a newspaper. Between them a woman sips tea. To left of benter, a boy, back to observer, reads a book, and beyond him, a woman nurses a child. In background and transluscent checkered screens, windows and doors. In the foreground are two steps, on which are five pairs of slippers. Colors are light brown, blues and reds.

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