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"Refined Elegance in the Four Seasons" (Shiji seiga), Album of Flower Paintings

Yamamoto Baiitsu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts an album page with a flower painting. The painting features a branch with flowers and leaves drawn in shades of gray. The branch extends from the bottom left corner to the top center of the page, with several smaller branches extending outwards. The flowers are clustered at the top of the main branch, while smaller ones are scattered along the smaller branches. The leaves are oval-shaped and vary in size. A small red seal is visible in the bottom-left corner of the page. The background of the page is a light beige color with darker speckles around the edges. A thin black border surrounds the page, and a thicker white border is on the right side.

Artwork details

Date:
1844
Medium:
Album of twelve leaves; ink on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
599 × 442 px
Museum record:
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