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A Fox Dance from the Drama The Thousand Cherry Trees

Ippitsusai Bunchō

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Colorful woodblock print of a man in traditional Japanese clothing. The man has a white face and wears a green headwear. The man wears a long robe with black, white, and red designs. The robe has a red section at the bottom with green and yellow circular patterns and a black and white section with vertical stripes at the top. The man carries a long staff in his right hand and a fan in his left hand. He walks on a grassy hill. There are plants behind the man. A tree with white blossoms and a thick brown trunk is on the right. The background is tan with white dots. Japanese characters are written vertically on the bottom right.

Artwork Details

Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
303 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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