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World of Fine Arts (Bijutsu Sekai) 美術世界

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image is of an open book titled "World of Fine Arts (Bijutsu Sekai) 美術世界". The book is open to a two-page spread with a beige background. The left page features a large gray fish with a white eye, facing left. The right page features the same fish from a different angle, with its tail visible. The fish have dark gray shading. There are red seals on both pages, one in the bottom-left corner of the left page and one in the top-right corner of the right page. There is also some black Japanese writing on the right page. The background of the image is white.

Artwork Details

Date
1890–1893
Medium
Set of twenty-five volumes
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 400 px
Public Domain
Yes
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