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Basketry Work: By the Craftsman Ichida Shōshichirō of Naniwa (Kagozaiku Naniwa saikunin Ichida Shōshichirō)

Utagawa Kunisada

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A colorful Japanese woodblock print depicts a man in a pink robe sitting on a tiger. The man has a long white beard and is bald. He holds a green plant in his right hand and grasps the tiger's tail with his left hand. The tiger's head is below him to the left. A young boy in a patterned robe crouches on the bottom right. A green background with a light green triangle pattern. Scattered around the man and boy are various animals, including a boar, rat, dog, monkey, and ox. A hut with a thatched roof and a dragon are in the top right and left corners.

Artwork Details

Date
1819
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
441 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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