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Zhe gu

Kuwagata Keisai

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A rectangular piece of paper with slightly darker edges and a thin dark border around the edge. A black and white bird with a spotted head and neck and feathered body with a long curled tail standing on one leg on top of a wave. A hilltop with another bird in the background on the right. The background fades from light brown to pale blue. Two lines of foreign writing in the top right corner.

Artwork details

Date:
1789
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
599 × 401 px
Museum record:
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