Framed Painting, Small Stand with a Wine Cup and a Dish with a Fish
19th century
Medium
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
7 1/16 x 6 11/16 in. (17.9 x 17 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Accession Number
JP2109
Tags
Art Historical Context
This exquisite woodblock print, titledFramed Painting, Small with a Wine Cup and Dish with a Fish*, was created by Ryūrykyo Shinsai, a master of surimono during Japan's Edo period (1615–1868). Shinsai, active in the early 19th century, in these intimate, privately commissioned prints, which were more refined and colorful than standard ukiyo. Rendered in ink and color on paper, work measures just 7 1/16 x 6 11/16 inches, capturing a delicate still life: a small stand holding a wine cup and a dish of fish, ingeniously presented as if within a framed painting. Surimono like this one were often p...
About the Artist
Ryūryūkyo Shinsai · 1799–1823
Ryūryūkyo Shinsai (柳々居辰斎), active from 1799 to 1823, was a prominent Japanese ukiyo-e printmaker based in Edo (modern Tokyo), renowned for his mastery of surimono—luxurious, privately commissioned woodblock prints produced for elite poetry circles and New Year's celebrations. He began his training under Tawaraya Sōri before becoming a student of the legendary Katsushika Hokusai, from whom he recei...