1850
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
木曽街道六十九次之内・下諏訪 八重垣姫|Princess Yaegaki is a 1850 ink by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, a Romanticism work, depicting Animal, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows a woman riding a giant black cat. She wears bright red robes with gold and green patterns, a fancy headdress, and holds a fan. In the background, there’s a small landscape with a mountain, waterfall, and trees. The cat’s fur is drawn with bold black lines, and the sky has swirling clouds. The woman’s outfit looks like something from a story—lots of flowers and jewels. The text on the right side is in Japanese, likely giving the scene’s name. Next, check out cross-hatching to see how artists create texture with lines.
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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