喜多川歌麿画 山姥と金太郎|Yamauba Tying Kintarō’s Topknot
1795
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
About the artist
1795
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dominant colour
喜多川歌麿画 山姥と金太郎|Yamauba Tying Kintarō’s Topknot is a 1795 ink by Kitagawa Utamaro, a Romanticism work, depicting Hair, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows two big-faced characters in a playful, exaggerated style. The top figure has wild black hair and is tying a knot in the head of the smaller one, who’s sticking out his tongue and wearing a red-and-white checkered shirt. The background is plain, keeping focus on their comical expressions and bold lines. The smaller figure’s hair is being pulled into a topknot, a detail that looks more silly than serious. This print was made using woodblock printing, a common method in Japanese art. Next, look up cross-hatching to see how artists build shading with lines.
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