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Rice Plant and Butter-Burs

Kubo Shunman

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A drawing of two stalks of rice plants and a flower; one stalk of rice bending down to the left, the other upward to the right; the rice on both is dark at the roots and lightens to yellow at the grain; thin black lines make up the image; a faded green and yellow flower with green leaves is drawn at the bottom; there are two columns of vertical Japanese text on either side and a red seal at the top right; the background is beige.

Artwork Details

Date
19th century
Medium
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
560 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
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