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Children in the Sanno Festival

Kuwagata Keisai

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Japanese woodblock print of three children. A girl on the left with bobbed black hair wearing a patterned kimono holds an object. A boy to her right crouches on one knee turned to her holding what looks like a Japanese drum. A bald man behind them holds a large object to his face. The background is tan. The print displays vertical and horizontal lines. Japanese text appears in the bottom right corner.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1790
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
468 × 625 px
Museum record:
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