Japanese-style artwork titled "Toothpicks and Their Cover" by Ryūryūkyo Shinsai. The artwork features a woman's face and shoulder lying on the ground; she has light skin, pink lips, and dark eyes, with a white kimono. The woman is on the bottom-left; she faces right and looks up. A toothpick holder with a floral design sits on top of a closed fan; it is brown with Asian characters on the side. The toothpick holder is on top of a striped fabric; beside it on the right is a closed paper fan with a floral design on top. A small rectangular card with a border and Asian characters lies on the bottom-right. The background is beige with some darker spots; there are several vertical lines of Asian characters on the left. The artwork has a simple border around the edge.
Artwork Details
- Date
- 19th century
- Medium
- Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper
- Culture
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 600 × 442 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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