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One Hundred Poems of Moritake Illustrated with Comments

Unidentified artist

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Open book with yellowed pages. Left page: - top half has a rectangular block of foreign writing, - bottom half has a landscape illustration with trees and hills. Right page: - illustration of a man sitting cross-legged on the floor wearing a traditional robe and hat, - a scroll in his right hand, - foreign writing on the right side and above the man. - A patterned border along the bottom. Both pages have dark spots and discoloration.

Artwork Details

Medium
Two volumes; monochrome woodblock print; ink on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 466 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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