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A Poet and Mount Fuji From the Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 3

Yashima Gakutei

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Japanese man sits cross-legged on the ground; he wears a green kimono with pink flowers and a white kimono with pink flowers underneath; a black hat sits on top of his head; he holds a book and a writing brush; Japanese characters are written all around him; a red seal stamp is on the right; a small white label with a number sits on the bottom; two faint mountain peaks are in the background.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1820s
Medium:
Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 355 px
Museum record:
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