Untitled
1800
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
About the artist
Artist
Utagawa Toyokuni I
Toyokuni was a born showman who made sure the energy of Edo’s kabuki stage never faded on paper.
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ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
Untitled is a 1800 ink by Utagawa Toyokuni I, a Romanticism work, depicting Bathing, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
You see three tall paper panels side by side. On them, a group of men and women in bright kimonos stand in a room, talking and laughing. These prints were made from carved wood blocks—ink pressed onto paper, one color at a time. The artist used thin, crisscrossing lines (cross-hatching) to shade faces and fabrics, giving them depth without blending. Look up more works in the subject: men, women, japan.
Toyokuni was a born showman who made sure the energy of Edo’s kabuki stage never faded on paper.
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