1887
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
井上安治画 『共楽泰平貴顕図』|Peaceful Pleasures of the Highest Nobility (Kyōraku taihei kiken zu) is a 1887 ink by Inoue Yasuji, a Impressionism work, depicting King, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This painting shows three rooms filled with people dressed in fancy clothes. The left room has women in big skirts and hats, holding books or fans. Kids play on the floor. The middle room has a woman in a bright striped dress sitting with a child. The right room shows more kids and adults, some in uniforms, with a man in a red chair. Outside the windows, you can see trees and a building in the distance. The bright colors and busy scenes look like a snapshot of a special day. The artist used woodblock printing, which was common in Japan at the time. Look up Inoue Yasuji to see more of his detailed prints.
Inoue Yasuji (1864–1889) was an artist, born in Tokyo.
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