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Costume for Bugaku Court Dance From the Spring Rain Collection (Harusame shū), vol. 1

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A flat rectangular box with an orange border on the bottom and black designs along the orange; top and bottom are open showing a patterned object inside; object on left side on the ground; brown object on right; small brown table with a large container on top holding a tiger; Japanese writing on left.

Artwork details

Date:
probably 1818 (Year of the Tiger)
Medium:
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
521 × 624 px
Museum record:
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