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Dried Sardines, Tablet of Sea-Weed and Nuts

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Five gray fish with pointed heads on a skewer, oriented diagonally from bottom left to top right. The fish have darker gray shading on their backs. A blue and orange background behind the fish; the blue at the top and the orange below. Three white and red objects to the lower left of the fish. Two red oval shapes to the lower right. Black Japanese text is written vertically along the left side and scattered throughout the rest of the image on a beige background.

Artwork Details

Date
19th century
Medium
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 438 px
Public Domain
Yes
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