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One Hundred Comic Poems of the Flower, One of the Three Friends, Tsuki, the Moon, Yuki, the Snow, and Hana, the Flower (Sansai hana hyakushu) 三才花百首

Totoya Hokkei 魚屋北渓

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two-page spread from a book with beige pages and black borders around the illustrations. The illustration on both pages depicts a diagonal tree branch with white flowers and green leaves against an orange circle on a beige background. The pages are on a black background. The illustrations are accompanied by black Japanese text. The book appears old, with visible signs of wear on the pages.

Artwork Details

Date
1828–30
Medium
Three volumes; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 483 px
Public Domain
Yes
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