1824
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Rori Hakucho Chojun (from the series 108 Heroes of the Novel Shui Hu Chuan) is a 1824 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting depicts a man with a red loincloth and a large sword, standing in the water. He has a tattooed body and is surrounded by black tentacles. The man's facial expression is one of determination. In the background, there is a wall with a sign that has Japanese writing on it. The overall atmosphere of the painting is one of intensity and action. If you're interested in learning more about this style of art, you might want to explore the Romanticism movement.
Kuniyoshi grew up in old Tokyo when the city was still called Edo. His dad ran a silk shop, but Kuniyoshi loved anything with pictures—scrolls, screens, comic books. He talked his way into the Utagawa school, a kind of…
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