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An Erotic Picture Book of Snow on Fuji (Enpon fuji no yuki) 艶本 婦慈のゆき

Keisai Eisen 渓斎英泉

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows an open book with two pages. The left page contains a drawing of a woman's head and shoulders. The woman has dark hair pulled back, and she wears a red and green kimono with a floral pattern. She also wears a large gold hairpiece with black spots. The drawing is bordered by a thin black line, and there is a small rectangle at the top with Japanese writing in black. The right page contains a drawing of a landscape with a mountain in the background and a body of water in the foreground. There are several dark shapes in the water, possibly rocks or trees. The sky is cloudy, and there is Japanese writing in black on the right side of the page, along with a red seal. The pages are yellowed and have a worn appearance. The background behind the book is white.

Artwork details

Date:
1824 (Bunsei 7)
Medium:
Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
599 × 400 px
Museum record:
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