葛飾北斎画 桔梗に蜻蛉|Dragonfly and Bellflower
1824
ink
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
1824
ink
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
葛飾北斎画 桔梗に蜻蛉|Dragonfly and Bellflower is a 1824 ink by Katsushika Hokusai, a japonisme work, depicting dragonfli, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows a dragonfly mid-flight over two clumps of bellflowers. The flowers have big, rounded petals in soft browns and greens. The leaves are dark and slightly wavy. The dragonfly’s wings are spread wide, and its body is thin and detailed. The artist used simple colors but made the lines sharp and precise. The flowers fill most of the space, while the dragonfly adds movement. Look up Katsushika Hokusai next—he made thousands of prints like this.
