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Pilgrim's Visiting Album

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rectangular brown paper with a crease down the middle, folded in half. Top half has six vertical sections with black Japanese writing and red rectangular stamps. Bottom half has six vertical sections with black Japanese writing on gold background, one section in the middle with black background and image of a person in a circle.

Artwork Details

Date
18th century
Medium
One from a set of four albums; calligraphy on gilt paper and paper, paintings in ink, color, and gold on paper, mounted on paper, covers of silk embroidery with colored and metallic thread
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
493 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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