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A Young Man Standing before a Garden Fence

Suzuki Harunobu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A tall, narrow image, beige background with darker edges. A young man wearing a kimono with a diagonal stripe pattern in shades of blue and orange, with a yellow sash. He stands with his body facing left, right leg crossed over left, left arm bent at the elbow with hand extended outward, right arm bent at the elbow with a hanging sash coiled around it. His left foot has a low wooden sandal on it, his right foot is bare. He faces a low stone fence with square paving stones underneath, a large tree with sparse orange leaves on the right. There are Japanese characters written vertically up the left and down the right. The characters are in black ink.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1763
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
106 × 624 px
Museum record:
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