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Cakes In a Box with Wrapping Cloth

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woodblock print of two rectangular boxes stacked on top of each other, the top one with its lid open. The top box is dark brown with a patterned cloth inside and an image on the inside of the lid showing a woman and a man with a dog. The box on top is sitting on a brown leaf-shaped cloth. The background of the print is beige with Japanese writing in black ink.

Artwork Details

Date
19th century
Medium
Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 461 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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