# Boy with a Hoe and Rice Seedlings

- By: Matsumura Goshun (1752–1811)
- Date: 1777 - 1800
- Medium: textile materials, paper, wood (plant material), lacquer (coating), silk
- Classification: hanging scroll
- Dimensions: height 123 cm x width 54.9 cm
- Credit line: Gift of J.P. Filedt Kok, Amsterdam
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/AK-RAK-2015-2-4--fa0b545c0d635a29c06bdda19324a18b)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/9efd56e2fa45d3f734a250240a0d5d57.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.