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Tōsen no zu|Chinese Junk

Utagawa Yoshitora

ink

paper

From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art

Impressionism Realism Classical Antiquity Portrait Flag Portrait Ship

Dominant colour

Tōsen no zu|Chinese Junk is a 2 ink by Utagawa Yoshitora, a Impressionism work, depicting Flag, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Who painted this?: Utagawa Yoshitora
When & what style?: 2 · Impressionism
Where can I see it?: Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this work

This print shows a big, colorful ship with red sails and a striped flag. The hull is black with gold patterns and red trim. A dragon figure curls around the front, and a small cabin sits near the bow. In the top left corner, there’s a portrait of a man in a black hat with a red feather. The ship looks like it’s from another time, but the print itself is a woodblock. The artist used bold colors and sharp lines to make it stand out. Look up cross-hatching next to see how artists add texture with lines.