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Kōrin Picture Album (Kōrin gafu) 光琳画譜

Nakamura Hōchū 中村芳中

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Japanese woodblock print; depicts people in a boat; four individuals; man in blue with black hat at left; woman with long dark hair and orange fan; man in red; man at right in yellow head covering and blue garment; man poling boat; water and waves; beige background. Kōrin Picture Album (Kōrin gafu) by Nakamura Hōchū

Artwork details

Date:
after 1826 (reprinted posthumously)
Medium:
Woodblock printed book in two volumes (orihon, accordion-style); ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
599 × 431 px
Museum record:
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