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Calligraphy in the Heat from Sketch Album

Kawanabe Kyōsai

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image shows an open book with two pages featuring sketches of people. The pages are yellowed and have a rough texture. Four people are drawn on the pages, with one on the right side of the right page leaning forward with right hand on left shoulder, one on the bottom right sitting cross-legged with left hand on right knee and right hand to face, one on the center right sitting cross-legged and looking down, and one on the left side of the left page sitting on the ground with right arm raised and holding something. There is a stack of three round objects on the ground in front of the person on the left. The sketches are done in pencil or charcoal. The book is set against a gray background. The title is "Calligraphy in the Heat" and the artist is Kawanabe Kyōsai.

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900 × 716 px
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