The image shows a Japanese-style artwork titled "Decorations for the New Year" by Ryūryūkyo Shinsai. The artwork features two low tables. The table on the left has a triangular decoration on top with a green plant protruding from it. The plant has three circular leaves at the top. The decoration on the table is white, gray, and red. The right table has a red and black hat on it, a small tree with red berries, and a white vase. On top of the taller table is a large bowl. The bowl is red, gray, and black. A large red lobster is sitting on the left side of the bowl. There is something white piled high in the bowl. The background of the artwork is beige. There is Japanese writing on the left and top right.
Artwork Details
- Medium
- Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
- Culture
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 600 × 487 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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