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Ōson (Hōitsu) Picture Album (Ōson gafu)

Sakai Hōitsu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a book with a gray cover featuring a pattern of intersecting diagonal lines. The cover is rectangular and worn, with a vertical tan rectangle on the left side containing black Japanese characters. A small white label is affixed to the top-right corner of the cover, bearing black text that reads "Br. 56 Sakai, H. 1817" on the first line, "Ōson gafu" on the second line, and "An Album of Oson" on the third line, with "Artist unknown" on the fourth line. A color palette is visible at the bottom of the image, set against a black background.

Artwork Details

Date
1817
Medium
Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
600 × 450 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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Palette

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