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Police Superintendant's Party: A Gift of Food and Drink

Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Three-panel image of a crowded room. The room has white walls and a patterned red, green and blue carpet. Pink lanterns hang from the ceiling. The left panel shows a man sitting on a low red stool. In the center panel, a person in a white kimono holds a large sake barrel. The right panel shows people gathered around a long red table. There are red curtains and a chandelier. The people are wearing traditional Japanese clothing. There are various food items on the table and on the floor. The image includes black Japanese characters on pink and white backgrounds.

Artwork Details

Date
September 1877
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
598 × 287 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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