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A Collection of Witty Poems on Michinoku Paper (Michinoku-gami kyōka awase) 陸奥紙狂歌合

Utagawa Toyohiro (Ichiryūsai) 歌川 (一柳斎) 豊広

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Japanese-style artwork on aged paper, with black border. A woman with long black hair sits on the floor, wearing a pink kimono with a patterned purple and black under kimono. The woman sits on a patterned fabric, facing a pink screen with a pink and white curtain on the left. The screen has a pink and purple mountainous scene at the top. The curtain is tied with a red cord and has pink, peach and white coloring. There is Japanese text written in black ink throughout the artwork. The text is written vertically on the right side and scattered on the top and middle right.

Artwork Details

Date
1793
Medium
Ink on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
399 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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