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Peony with Poem, Design Thirteen from Shazanrō Picture Book

Tani Bunchō

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image shows an open book with two pages. The book has a brown cover with a colorful pattern on the sides. The left page has a black border around the edges. There are 10 lines of black Japanese characters on the left side of the page. A small red seal is to the left of the bottom two lines of text. A simple line drawing of a plant with leaves and no flowers is on the bottom right. The right page has a similar black border. A simple line drawing of a large peony flower in full bloom and several leaves on its stem is on the right side. The background behind the book is light gray.

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900 × 715 px
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