鈴木春信画 覗き絡繰り・「高野の玉川 弘法大師」|A Teenage Boy and Girl with a Viewer for an Optique Picture (Nozoki-karakuri); Kōbō Daishi’s Poem on the Jewel River of Kōya (Kōya no Tamagawa: Kōbō Daishi)
1788
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
1788
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
鈴木春信画 覗き絡繰り・「高野の玉川 弘法大師」|A Teenage Boy and Girl with a Viewer for an Optique Picture (Nozoki-karakuri); Kōbō Daishi’s Poem on the Jewel River of Kōya (Kōya no Tamagawa: Kōbō Daishi) is a 1788 ink by Suzuki Harunobu, a Romanticism work, depicting Tree, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This painting shows two young people, a boy and a girl, sitting on the floor. The girl is standing, wearing a kimono with a dark brown pattern, while the boy is sitting with his back against a low table. The boy is looking up at a small, ornate box with a round glass window, which is mounted on a stand. The box appears to be some kind of optical device, perhaps for viewing images. The scene is depicted in muted colors, with a focus on earth tones and soft pastels. The overall effect is one of quiet contemplation, as if the two figures are lost in thought. You might also like to look at the Romanticism movement.
