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Picture Album of People with Kyōka (Light Verse) (Kyōka shiki jinbutsu) 狂歌四季人物

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows an open book with two pages facing the viewer. The pages are yellowed and aged, with darker spots and discoloration around the edges. The left page has a drawing of three people stacked on top of each other. The person on the bottom wears a green robe with red lining and has black hair. The middle person wears a blue robe and sits on the shoulders of the bottom person. The top person wears a blue robe and a black hat, and sits on the shoulders of the middle person. There is a small table to the left of the stacked people. The background of the drawing fades from gray at the top to beige at the bottom. The right page has a drawing of a person standing next to a large basket. The person wears a blue robe with red lining and a white hat. They hold a rectangular object in their hands. To the right of the person is a large basket with a lid, and a plaid fabric lies on the ground next to it. There are lines around the drawings on both pages, with Japanese writing throughout. The background behind the book is white.

Artwork Details

Date
1855 (Ansei 2)
Medium
Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 400 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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