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Kan'ei Picture Album (Kan'ei gafu 完瑛画譜)

Nishiyama Ken 西山謙一郎

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Kan'ei Picture Album by Nishiyama Ken: A painting of a small bird perched on a thin branch with several smaller branches extending from it, the bird facing left and looking up, with a red seal in the bottom right corner, on a beige background with a thin black border.

Artwork Details

Date
1886, eleventh month (Meiji 19)
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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