Untitled
The Met
Artist: Totoki Baigai(Japanese, 1749–1804)
Date: 1800
Department: Asian Art
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Two albums, each with ten leaves; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: Image (each leaf): 7 3/8 × 7 5/8 in. (18.8 × 19.4 cm) Each album: 9 5/16 × 8 11/16 × 15/16 in. (23.6 × 22 × 2.4 cm)
Credit Line: Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
Four figures on a covered boat, one fishing, with vertical black script on the right side
Detailed Description
A watercolor painting on a light, off-white paper depicts a scene with four figures on a boat. The boat, positioned horizontally across the lower half of the image, has a brown hull and a gray-striped canopy supported by two dark vertical posts. On the right side of the boat, a figure in a light-colored robe is seated, facing right, holding a long, thin fishing rod that extends towards the lower right. This figure has a small beard and mustache, and their mouth is curved upwards. To the left, under the canopy, three other figures are seated. The leftmost figure wears a gray robe, the middle figure a pale yellow robe, and the third a light robe. They are positioned facing each other, with their mouths curved upwards. The water below the boat is indicated by a few wavy black lines. Vertical black script is present along the entire right edge of the painting. A square red seal impression is visible in the bottom left corner. The overall color palette consists of muted browns, grays, pale blues, and yellows, with black ink used for outlines and details.
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