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Fan-shaped Design Depicting Chinese Poet or Philosopher

Yashima Gakutei

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fan-shaped design with a seated man in a green robe and hat on a patterned rug. The man has a long white beard. He holds an object in his right hand. The fan shape is brown. The background of the fan has trees and pink flowers. There is a red vertical banner on the right edge with black text. The bottom half of the image is a gray rectangle depicting a landscape. The landscape shows a building on a hill, with a tree in the foreground. The background of the landscape shows a body of water and mountains. The entire image is on a beige background.

Artwork details

Medium:
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
552 × 624 px
Museum record:
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