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Collected Light Verses and Noted Landscapes (Sansui kikan kyōka shū) 山水奇観狂歌集

Yashima Gakutei 八島岳亭

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Open book showing two pages with illustrations. The pages are yellowed and aged. Each page has a landscape drawing in a rectangular border. The left drawing depicts a mountain with a pointed peak and a body of water. Trees are drawn on the hills surrounding the water. The right drawing shows a rocky cliff with trees on top and a mountain range in the background. There are Japanese characters written in black ink on both pages. The book is set against a plain white background.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1820
Medium:
Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
599 × 400 px
Museum record:
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