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Zhu ji

Kuwagata Keisai

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a drawing titled "Zhu ji" by Kuwagata Keisai, featuring a bird standing on grass. The bird faces right, with a brown and gold feathered body, and a long neck. It stands on yellow legs. The bird's head is tilted down towards the ground. There are plants with blue flowers and green leaves behind the bird, and a plant with long thin leaves to the right. In the top-left corner, there are two lines of foreign writing. A black border surrounds the drawing on a beige background. A color palette is visible at the bottom.

Artwork Details

Date
1789
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 465 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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Palette