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Cock on Drum

Totoya Hokkei

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a white rooster standing on a drum with green and reddish-brown leaves around it. The rooster faces left and is drawn from the side with its head lowered. The drum has a red and green pattern on top and gold hardware. A vertical column of Japanese text is on the left. A small white rectangle with Japanese text inside a red border is on the bottom left. The background is a muted brown color.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1825
Medium
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
540 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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