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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
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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