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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
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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