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Illustrated book

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows an open book with two pages. The pages are yellowed and aged, with darker edges. The left page contains dense, black, vertical text in a non-Latin script, likely Chinese characters, occupying the entire page. The right page features a simple line drawing of a landscape with mountains and trees, accompanied by more non-Latin script text in black ink. The text on both pages appears to be written in the same script and is similarly sized. The pages have a thin black border around the edges. The background behind the book is solid white. The title of the book is "Illustrated book" and the artist is unknown.

Artwork Details

Date
1893
Medium
Ink on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 425 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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