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New Year’s Feast on Portable Dinner Tables

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a traditional Japanese artwork titled "New Year's Feast on Portable Dinner Tables" by Ryūryūkyo Shinsai. Two portable dinner tables with glass tops and black metal frames are shown. The tables have curved legs resembling animal feet and are adorned with food and dishes underneath the glass. A chair with a brown patterned backrest and seat is positioned behind the larger table, with a small dish on its right armrest. Two small containers and an elongated dish are placed on the floor to the right of the tables. The background features a gradient from light beige at the top to light blue at the bottom. Japanese characters are written vertically on the left side and horizontally on the right side of the image.

Artwork details

Date:
probably 1816 (Year of the Rat)
Medium:
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
599 × 459 px
Museum record:
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