Ryūryūkyo Shinsai (柳々居辰斎)

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai (柳々居辰斎) was an artist documented as active around 1750. The artist is primarily known through surviving prints that focus on genre scenes and detailed still lifes.

Fifteen works by Ryūryūkyo Shinsai (柳々居辰斎) are represented in museum collections, establishing the artist’s output in this medium. The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds several of these significant examples.

The body of work consists of detailed compositions such as Box with Cards for the Poem Card Game and Drum with Stand, Sho (A Kind of Mouth Organ) and Helmet on the Stage for Bugaku Dance, which illustrate cultural artifacts and performance tools. Other notable Ryūryūkyo Shinsai (柳々居辰斎) prints include the observational pieces Hawk Tied to Perch, Bed-clothing, and Early Spring. These historical documents are frequently made available as high-quality prints for researchers and enthusiasts accessing public domain collections.