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Sketches Reproduced from Works of Famous Artists

Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A black and white drawing of a bamboo plant on beige paper. The plant has a thick stem and many long, thin leaves. The stem and leaves are drawn in various shades of gray. The background is beige with a thin black border around the edges. There are Japanese characters written vertically on the left side of the image. A small octagonal seal is below the characters. The paper appears to be old and worn. The image is divided into two panels by a thin black line.

Artwork details

Date:
1814
Medium:
Ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 475 px
Museum record:
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