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鳥居清長画　初春の越後屋|Group before the Echigo-ya Dry-goods Shop on New Year's Day

Torii Kiyonaga

1789

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paper

From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art

Romanticism 18th Century Shop

Dominant colour

鳥居清長画　初春の越後屋|Group before the Echigo-ya Dry-goods Shop on New Year's Day is a 1789 ink by Torii Kiyonaga, a Romanticism work, depicting Shop, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Who painted this?: Torii Kiyonaga
When & what style?: 1789 · Romanticism
Where can I see it?: Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this work

This painting shows a group of people in front of a shop. They're all dressed in traditional Japanese clothing, with the men wearing kimonos and the women wearing long robes. Some of them are holding objects, like a fan or a bundle of cloth. The scene is set in front of a shop with a large sign that reads "Echigo-ya" in Japanese characters. The shop seems to be selling fabrics and other textiles, judging by the rolls of cloth and the fabrics hanging from the ceiling. The people in the painting are all looking at something, but it's not clear what they're looking at. The painting is a beautiful example of Japanese art from the Romanticism movement. If you want to learn more about this style, you could check out the work of Torii Kiyonaga, the artist who created this piece.