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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
Museum record:
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