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柳々居辰斎画子春　嫁入の具『春雨集』　摺物帖|Accoutrements for a Bride, from the Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 1

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

1816

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paper

From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art

Romanticism Early 19th Century Interior

Dominant colour

柳々居辰斎画子春　嫁入の具『春雨集』　摺物帖|Accoutrements for a Bride, from the Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 1 is a 1816 ink by Ryūryūkyo Shinsai, a Romanticism work, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Who painted this?: Ryūryūkyo Shinsai
When & what style?: 1816 · Romanticism
Where can I see it?: Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this work

This painting shows a traditional Japanese room with a few pieces of furniture and some clothes. There is a wooden chair with a high back, a low table with a drawer, and a stand with a white cloth hanging from it. On the floor, there is a green kimono with a pattern of leaves. The room is decorated with some Japanese writing on the wall, and there are a few other objects that are hard to make out. The overall atmosphere of the painting is one of simplicity and elegance. If you want to learn more about this style of painting, you might want to look up the artist Ryūryūkyo Shinsai.