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Untitled (frontispiece description: Tōfukumonin yogo ? kitsuke oiwa (celebration of Tofukumonin …)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two-page spread from a book with Japanese writing. Left page shows a line drawing of a curved, pointed archway with floral designs at the top. The archway has a curved, pointed top and is decorated with a floral pattern. There are four columns of Japanese text, one on the left edge of the left page, one in the middle of the left page, one in the middle of the right page, and one on the right edge of the right page. The text is written in black ink. The pages have a light brown color with darker brown spots. The background behind the pages is white.

Artwork details

Date:
19th century ?
Medium:
Woodblock-printed book
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
600 × 443 px
Museum record:
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