

The image depicts a Japanese art piece titled "Designs of Fans for Dance" by Ishikawa Kazan. The artwork features three fans at the bottom, arranged overlapping each other. The fan at the bottom is teal with a brown abstract pattern. The middle fan is red with four large black circles. The top fan is blue with darker blue leaf patterns and a darker blue circular design on the left. The background of the image is beige with Japanese writing in black and red. The writing is arranged in columns and appears on the top half of the image and on the right side. There is a red seal on the bottom right.
Artwork Details
- Date
- 19th century
- Medium
- Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
- Culture
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 562 × 624 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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