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Russian Soldier with His Family

Ippōsai Yoshifuji

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A yellow woodblock print depicting three people. A man and a woman stand on the left side of the image. The woman is on the left. She wears a blue hat with a red band and yellow trim. She has on a black jacket. Her skirt is beige with blue designs. The man on the right wears a white sleeveless jacket with blue dots. He wears a hat with a red, white and black plume. Behind the two people on the right side is a man wearing a blue jacket with a black hat and gray pants. He sits on a low stool with his right leg bent. There are Japanese characters on the left and right sides of the image. The right side also includes English characters.

Artwork Details

Date
2nd month, 1861
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
431 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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