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Ink Traces of Kenzan (Kenzan iboku)

Sakai Hōitsu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two-panel artwork with a beige background. A black-framed image depicting a landscape scene in a Japanese style. Two beige strips run along the top and bottom. The landscape image features a blue-to-beige gradient sky. A tree with dark brown branches and pink flowers dominates the right side. It grows on a blue-green hill adorned with pink flowers. A smaller tree with pink flowers and bare branches is on the left. Japanese characters are vertically written on the right edge. A small orange square is in the bottom-right corner.

Artwork Details

Date
1823
Medium
Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 449 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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