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Ōson (Hōitsu) Picture Album (Ōson gafu)

Sakai Hōitsu 酒井抱一

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows an open book with two pages featuring mountain landscapes. The book's pages are yellowed, rectangular with black borders, and have a central fold down the middle. The left page depicts a large white mountain with blue shading on its lower half, resembling sun rays, against a gray background. The right page shows a smaller mountain with a gray and white background and Japanese characters. In the foreground of the right page, there are trees and a field with people wearing red and white clothing. A red seal is visible in the bottom-right corner of the right page. The book is set against a plain white background.

Artwork Details

Date
1817
Medium
Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 400 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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