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A Diary of Travel from Edo to Nagasaki (Seiyūryōdan)

Shiba Kōkan

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two pages from a book with a beige background and darker beige discoloration spots. Left page shows a landscape drawing with a mountain and hills. The mountain is drawn centrally in the upper half with smoke rising from the top. The right page shows a similar landscape with a mountain range, with the text on both pages written in Japanese. The text on the left page is in a single column on the left, and on the right page, it is in two columns with the right column wider. The left page drawing is bordered on all sides with a black line. The right page drawing is bordered on three sides with a black line, with the line on the left side separating the drawing from the text. The pages have a black background behind them.

Artwork Details

Date
1803
Medium
Five volumes of woodblock printed books; ink on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 466 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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