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Portraits for One Hundred Poems about One Hundred Poets (Sugata-e hyakunin isshu) 姿絵百人一首

Hishikawa Moronobu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two-page spread from a book with illustrations and Japanese text. The left page shows a person sitting on a platform and another person crouching on the ground next to a tree and a tiled roof structure. The right page shows a woman in a kimono holding a fan and a man in a robe. The background of both pages is aged paper with darker edges. There are two sections of Japanese text at the top of each page.

Artwork Details

Date
1695, fourth month
Medium
Set of three woodblock printed books; ink on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 454 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
View original
Palette

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