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Anthology of Japanese and Chinese Poems (Wakan rōeishū) with Underpainting of Arrowroot Vines

Konoe Nobuhiro

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a six-panel folding screen with a gold background. The background is adorned with scattered, rectangular gray patches featuring indistinct black writing or images. Green vines with rounded leaves are painted over the patches, extending across the screen in a curved line from the bottom center to the top left and right. The panels are framed by a thin, dark brown border.

Artwork Details

Date
early 17th century
Medium
Six-panel folding screen; ink and color on gilt paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
600 × 267 px
Public Domain
Yes
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