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Twenty-six Prints Constituting an Album (Azuma fūzoku fuku tsukushi) 東風俗 福つくし

Yōshū Chikanobu 楊洲周延

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Colorful woodblock print depicts three women outdoors. The woman in the center wears a blue kimono with a floral pattern and a black hat. She holds a fan and wears white and yellow tabi socks with red and blue geta sandals. The woman on the right crouches, wears a gray kimono and red undergarment, and touches the hem of the central woman's kimono. The woman on the left is partially visible, wears a green kimono and red undergarment, and moves behind the central woman. Petals fall from above, and trees and a building are in the background. A vertical banner on the right side displays Japanese characters, some in black and others in red and yellow. A block of Japanese characters appears at the bottom right. The print has a beige border and a black background.

Artwork details

Date:
late 19th century
Medium:
Woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
431 × 625 px
Museum record:
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