Huò láng tú (English: Huò láng tú)

Japanese: 貨郎図 - かろうず（英語表記）Huò láng tú

A subject of Chinese painting. Also known as the "Goods Seller," "Baby Playing Goods," or "Goods Carrier." It depicts a peddler who carries around small items and toys for women and children. Other similar subjects include the water seller and the bird seller. It seems that this subject began to be depicted after the Song dynasty, when common people began to appear as subjects. A famous example is the Southern Song dynasty painter at the Painting Academy, Su Hanchen, and although there are some works that are attributed to him, most of the remains date from the Ming dynasty. A representative example is the work by Lu Wen'ing of the Ming dynasty (Tokyo National Museum, etc.). [Ebine Satoru]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国画の画題。売貨郎，嬰戯貨郎，貨郎担ともいう。婦人や子供用の小間物，玩具をかついで売り歩く行商人を描いたもの。同種のものに水売り，鳥売りなどもある。庶民の姿が題材に登場する宋以後，描かれるようになったらしく，南宋時代の画院画家，蘇漢臣が有名で，伝称作品もあるが，遺品は明時代のものが多い。明の呂文英筆(東京国立博物館など)が代表的な例である。【海老根聰郎】

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