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Untitled

Torii Kiyonaga

1763

ink

paper

From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art

Romanticism 18th Century Actor Tree

Dominant colour

Untitled is a 1763 ink by Torii Kiyonaga, a Romanticism work, depicting Actor, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Who painted this?: Torii Kiyonaga
When & what style?: 1763 · Romanticism
Where can I see it?: Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this work

This print shows a man in a long, patterned robe standing on a wooden balcony. He holds a fan in one hand and a scroll in the other, looking off to the side. Behind him, a bare tree with pink flowers grows, and a fence with simple designs runs along the edge. The artist used fine lines and shading to give the robe texture, almost like stitching. The colors are soft—pinks, grays, and browns—with black outlines keeping everything sharp. Look up cross-hatching to see how artists create depth with lines like these.