Untitled

Untitled

Torii Kiyonobu

1698

ink

From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this work

This print shows a woman in a dramatic pose, dressed in a flowing red-and-black kimono with bold floral patterns. Her hair is styled high, and she holds a fan while standing on a cloud. Behind her, a distant landscape with buildings and trees floats in the sky. The swirling clouds under her feet hint at movement, almost like she’s floating. The kimono’s patterns—flowers, leaves, and geometric shapes—are painted carefully by hand. Next, check out cross-hatching to see how artists build detail with lines.

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