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Branch with Cherry Flowers, Writing Box and Sheet of Paper for Poem Writing (Tanzaku)

Unidentified artist

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Image of a branch with white cherry blossoms, a few leaves are green and some are shades of yellow. The branch is in a brown and tan writing box with colored pencils and a gray eraser. The box is on a checkered surface that is on top of a green surface. There is a sheet of paper beside it. The image background is beige color with brown horizontal lines across the top. The image contains vertical and scattered writing in black.

Artwork details

Medium:
Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
567 × 625 px
Museum record:
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