Horse and Rider
Medium
Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
14 1/4 x 29 5/8 in. (36.2 x 75.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture
Japan
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Francis M. Weld, 1948
Accession Number
JP3133
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Horse and Rider** is a striking triptych woodblock by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), one of Japan's most renowned ukiyo-e artists the late 19th century. Created using ink and color on paper, work measures 14 1/4 x 29 5/8 inches, with the triptych format allowing for a panoramic composition that unfolds across three panels. Acquired as a gift to the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1948, it resides in the Asian Art department exemplifying the precision and vibrancy of traditional Japanese printmaking. Yoshitoshi, often called the last great master of ukiyo-e, specialized in dramatic scenes of wa...
About the Artist
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi · 1839–1892
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi was born on April 30, 1839, in the Shimbashi district of Edo, the city that would become Tokyo. At the age of eleven he was apprenticed to Utagawa Kuniyoshi, one of the great masters of the Japanese woodblock print, who gave the boy the artist name 'Yoshitoshi' as a mark of lineage within the Utagawa School. From Kuniyoshi, Yoshitoshi absorbed the full tradition of ukiyo-e — th...