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Wine-Cup and Fan

Totoya Hokkei

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image displays a fan and a wine cup on a beige background. The fan has a reddish-brown handle with a red band around it; the fan's ribs are white with brown lines. The fan's cover is white with a brown outline. The wine cup is reddish-brown and oval-shaped. There are two objects painted in black on the wine cup. There are several vertical lines of Japanese writing on the image. The background is beige with darker edges and a few light-colored cracks. In the bottom-right corner, there are a few more characters in black. The overall composition presents these objects against a simple background with writing.

Artwork details

Date:
early 19th century
Medium:
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
395 × 624 px
Museum record:
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