1705
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
Untitled is a 1705 ink by Torii Kiyomasu I, a Baroque work, depicting Actor, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows a lively river scene with two boats full of people. One boat has musicians playing instruments and a woman holding a fan. The other boat has a man with a striped umbrella and another playing a drum. Below the boats, plants float on the water, and the sky has wavy lines like wind. Notice how the artist used simple shapes and bold outlines to show movement. The boats look balanced, even though they’re packed with people. Check out cross-hatching to see how artists create depth with lines.
Torii Kiyomasu was the shop name of a printmaker in Edo—modern Tokyo—who spent his short career plastering the city with bold, eye-catching posters.
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