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American Balloon; American Playing Cello; Bamboo

Utagawa Yoshiiku

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Three-panel artwork with a beige background. Top left: A yellow circle with bamboo silhouettes. Top right: A vertical panel depicting a hot air balloon with an American flag flying in a blue sky with white clouds. Bottom left: A man with a beard wearing a green hat, red robe, and white pants playing a cello in a room. Bottom right: A child pointing up at the hot air ballon. Japanese characters are written vertically on the right side of the artwork.

Artwork Details

Date
10th month, 1861
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
417 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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