BOYS PULLING TOY SHIP
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Publisher:
- Doi Sadaichi
- Edition:
- Published by Watanabe Shozaburo
- Source:
- Harvard Art Museums
Description
Two young boys pull a toy ship across a stone-paved surface — a scene of childhood play rendered with Koitsu's characteristic empathy for human figures caught in unguarded moments. The toy vessel, a miniature of the fishing and transport boats the boys would have seen in any Edo-era harbor, connects the domestic scene to Japan's maritime world. While Koitsu is best known for his landscapes, this image shows his ability to invest genre subjects with the same atmospheric attention he brought to temples and moonlit harbors.
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Frequently Asked Questions
BOYS PULLING TOY SHIP was created by Tsuchiya Koitsu (土屋光逸).
BOYS PULLING TOY SHIP was published by Doi Sadaichi.
BOYS PULLING TOY SHIP depicts boats & ships and seascapes.