Toy Boat 1832

print, ink, color-on-paper

quirky illustration

childish illustration

print

japan

personal sketchbook

ink

color-on-paper

wedding around the world

sketchbook drawing

watercolour bleed

watercolour illustration

cartoon carciture

sketchbook art

watercolor

"Toy Boat" is an uchiwa-e, a type of Japanese fan print, created in 1832 by Yamada Hōgyoku. The print, currently housed at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, depicts a playful scene of a toy boat with three faces on a circular platform and a red lantern hanging in the distance, all in the sky. The whimsical, yet detailed, imagery is characteristic of Hōgyoku's style, demonstrating the artist's ability to capture the essence of Japanese folklore and popular culture.