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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tan-colored rectangular piece of fabric with a repeating pattern. The top and bottom sections feature identical scenes with a building on the left and right sides and a body of water in the middle. The scene includes trees, hills and boats. A row of horizontal lines separates the top and bottom scenes from the middle section. The middle section has two rows of text, one with large letters and the other with cursive writing. The fabric has a thin brown border around the edges.

Artwork details

Date:
18th century
Medium:
Silk / Compound weave
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
599 × 373 px
Museum record:
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