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A Book on Flower Arrangement: Hare's-Foot Fern (Shinobugusa) 師廼部供作 (vol. 2); 思乃父魚砂 (vol. 3)

Yoshida Tōgetsu 吉田桃月

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two-page spread from a book with black and white illustrations. Left page shows a plant with a thin stem and many small leaves in a shallow pot. The pot sits on a short stand. Right page shows a vase on a table. The vase contains long thin stems and no leaves. The table has a checkered top and curved legs. Both pages have writing in a foreign language, likely Japanese, on them. The pages are yellowed and have a thin black border. The background behind the pages is white.

Artwork Details

Date
1822
Medium
Monochrome Woodblock printed books; ink on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
600 × 464 px
Public Domain
Yes
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