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(Untitled) Volume 2

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two-page spread from a book with a beige, aged paper background. The left page has a large rectangular image on the bottom half showing a black silhouette of a figure with their back to the viewer, wearing a long, wavy kimono with a floral pattern at the bottom. The top left corner has a small rectangular image of a bridge. The right page has a similar layout. A large image on the bottom half depicts the back view of a figure in a kimono with a plant design. The top right corner has a small rectangular image of three flying ducks over water. All images are drawn in black lines. Japanese text is written vertically on either side of each large image and horizontally within the small images.

Artwork details

Date:
1716
Medium:
Woodblock-printed book
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
599 × 473 px
Museum record:
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