Illustrated Books and an Incense Burner

The image depicts a traditional Japanese-style artwork with a beige background. The artwork features an open book with its pages fanned out. The top page displays an illustration of two people wearing traditional Japanese clothing. The person on the left wears a blue outfit and has white hair, while the person on the right wears an orange kimono and rides a red and blue horse. The bottom page shows a brown tree branch design. A gray incense burner sits to the right of the book. The background of the artwork contains Japanese text written vertically on the left side and horizontally on the right side. The text is black, and there are also some small symbols and seals throughout the image. The artwork is attributed to Ryūryūkyo Shinsai and titled "Illustrated Books and an Incense Burner".

Artwork details

Date:: 19th century
Medium:: Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper
Culture:: Japan
Dimensions:: 599 × 441 px
Museum record:: View original