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The Poet's Cabin in Tatsumi

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a traditional Japanese woodblock print. A man is crouched down near the bottom right. He wears a green robe and has a shaved head. He holds a broom in one hand and a rectangular object in the other. A second man sits on a platform on the left side, wearing a yellow robe. A roof extends over him. A third person wearing green squats on a ledge overlooking water behind. A small boat floats on the water. A mountain range with a large mountain on the left side rises into a hazy sky. A multicolored block of Japanese text is in the upper right.

Artwork details

Date:
1845
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
431 × 624 px
Museum record:
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