Untitled
1789
ink
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
1789
ink
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
Untitled is a 1789 ink by Torii Kiyonaga, a Romanticism work, depicting boat, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This painting shows three connected scenes of people on a river. In the first two panels, folks in colorful robes stand and sit on a boat, some holding lanterns or buckets. The third panel shows a smaller boat with women in simple clothes, some holding babies or tools. The background has boats and buildings along the water’s edge. Notice how the artist uses flat colors and clean lines to pack lots of activity into each scene. The people’s faces are simple but expressive, and the boats look like they’re floating on a calm river. If you liked this, check out boat, river in other Japanese prints.
