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Two fans with auspicious crane and long-lived turtle (minogame) motifs

Teisai Hokuba

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts two folding fans. The fan in front is green with a white crane standing on wavy blue water. The back fan has a pink background with five pink and white objects on top, and a scene with a blue river and green trees on the bottom left. Both fans have ribbons hanging from the bottom. A wooden handle with a fan-shaped object at the bottom is on the right side of the image. The background is beige with Japanese writing.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1810s
Medium
Woodblock print (surimono)
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
600 × 435 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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