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Cloth Bag with Cords and Plum Blossoms

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Orange cloth bag with a floral pattern and long cords on a beige background. The bag is circular and flat with a small green center. A cherry blossom branch with sparse blossoms extends from bottom left to center. A folded cloth with the same orange floral pattern sits below the bag on the right. Japanese text surrounds the image on all sides.

Artwork details

Date:
19th century
Medium:
Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 445 px
Museum record:
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