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Kōrin Picture Album (Kōrin gafu) 光琳画譜

Nakamura Hōchū 中村芳中

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a two-page spread from a book titled "Kōrin Picture Album". The pages are yellowed. The image depicts a mountain and trees. The mountain is in the center, with a conical shape and lines radiating down from it. The lines are darker at the bottom and lighter at the top. There are three trees in the bottom-right corner, with green and yellow leaves. The trees have brown trunks and branches. The background of the image is a light gray color. The image is in a landscape orientation. The artwork is signed by the artist Nakamura Hōchū.

Artwork Details

Date
1826 (reprinted posthumously)
Medium
Woodblock-printed book (orihon, accordion-style); ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 400 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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