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White Hollyhocks

Tawaraya Sōtatsu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a long, narrow painting on beige paper. A blue and white patterned border surrounds the painting. A brown strip is at the top of the painting. The painting features a stem with leaves and white flowers. The flowers have pink centers. The stem is positioned on the left side and extends upward and slightly to the right. There are several leaves of various sizes along the stem. In the bottom-right corner of the painting, there is a red seal with Japanese characters. Additional Japanese characters are written vertically to the left of the seal.

Artwork details

Date:
17th century
Medium:
Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
410 × 625 px
Museum record:
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