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Young Man Walking Toward the Left on High Geta and Playing the Flute as He Walks

Okumura Masanobu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a man walking to the left. He wears a traditional Japanese hairstyle with a black headpiece. His kimono has a patterned design on the left side, and a striped design on the right side. The man holds a flute in his right hand. He wears geta, which are high wooden platform sandals. The background of the image is a light brown color with some darker shading around the edges. There are some Japanese characters written vertically on the left side of the image.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1745
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
144 × 621 px
Museum record:
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