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Street Scene in Ikao, Japan

Robert Frederick Blum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The painting depicts a street scene in a Japanese town. The scene shows a dirt road with several buildings on either side. The buildings have tiled roofs and are two stories high. A large awning covers a market stall on the left. People are walking on the road and standing under the awning. There are chickens on the road. A woman in a kimono walks towards the viewer. A man sits on a low chair on the right. A lantern hangs from a pole on the right. The sky is blue with white clouds. The style is impressionist. The color palette is muted. The scene is in Ikao, Japan.

Artwork Details

Medium
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on off-white wove paper
Culture
American
Dimensions
600 × 489 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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