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The Jo-ruri Narrator Tomimoto Buzendaya

Chōkyōsai Eiri 鳥橋斎栄里

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a Japanese man with a receding hairline and a small topknot, wearing a traditional Japanese robe with a yellow, brown, and white color scheme. The robe features a floral pattern. He is holding a book in his left hand and a writing brush in his right hand, resting on a black surface with a bow-like design. The background of the image is dark gray. There is Japanese text written vertically on the right side.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1795
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
417 × 624 px
Museum record:
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