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Court Lady Beneath an Old Plum Tree; Two Lacquer Cabinets for the Shell-matching Game

Kubo Shunman

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a two-page spread from an old book. The left page contains mostly black Japanese text with some illustrations of lacquer cabinets at the top. The right page has a colorful illustration of a woman in a red dress and a green and gold shawl standing next to a tree with no leaves. The woman has long dark hair and is wearing a red dress with a green and gold shawl draped over her shoulders. She is standing on a rocky surface with a tree to her right. The background of the illustration is a light yellow color. There are several lines of Japanese text throughout the pages.

Artwork Details

Date
1793
Medium
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
600 × 450 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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