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Prince Okuni (?) and a Hare

Yashima Gakutei

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A man with long hair wearing a crown stands facing right, looking down. He is dressed in a white robe adorned with a white flower pattern. The robe has green and brown feathered shoulder pads and a yellow sash around the waist. He wears green boots. The man stands on a pink and gray ground with black dots. A small, faint image of a hare appears in the bottom left corner. The background is beige with Japanese writing on the left side.

Artwork details

Date:
probably 1819
Medium:
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
566 × 624 px
Museum record:
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