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Illustrations of Various Professions (Wakoku shoshoku e-zukushi) 和国諸職絵尽

Hishikawa Moronobu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows two pages from a book. The pages are yellowed and have a black border around the artwork. The artwork on both pages is a landscape drawing in black ink with some yellow and brown shading. The left page shows a body of water with a tree on a rocky shore in the foreground and mountains in the background. The right page shows a mountainous landscape with trees, a temple, and a steep cliff. The style of the artwork is traditional Japanese. The title of the book is "Illustrations of Various Professions" and the artist is Hishikawa Moronobu.

Artwork Details

Date
1685, second month
Medium
Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 467 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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