1816
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1816 ink by Kikuchi Yōsai, a Romanticism work, depicting Fish, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This picture shows a single fish lying on its side on a flat, light background. Its body is covered in tiny, dark marks, and its tail and fins are curled slightly. Nearby, a few green leaves and two small birds are scattered around. The fish looks almost like it’s resting on a rock or a shallow surface. The artist used simple lines and shading to give it texture. Next, check out cross-hatching to see how artists create depth with lines.
Kikuchi Yōsai lived in old Tokyo when it was still called Edo. He grew up during a time of samurai, tea houses, and long nights under lantern light. Yōsai wasn’t interested in color; he spent decades drawing faces with…
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