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Boy with a Hoe and Rice Seedlings
Also titled Jongen met hak en rijst-zaailingen
Matsumura Goshun (1752–1811)
1777 - 1800
- Medium
- textile materials, paper, wood (plant material), lacquer (coating), silk
- Classification
- hanging scroll
- Dimensions
- height 123 cm x width 54.9 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Gift of J.P. Filedt Kok, Amsterdam
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
A boy with a hoe over his shoulder is on his way to the rice paddies. The elegant lines delineating the boy dovetail with the rhythmic undulating calligraphy telling the story of the rice seedlings in the boy’s basket, which will be planted in the fields.
