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Poetry, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tan, rectangular piece of paper with darker tan spots; black Japanese writing; small seal or stamp on bottom left corner; thin black border.

Artwork details

Date:
1801
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 419 px
Museum record:
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