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Picture Book of Poems on Shells (Kyōkun chūkai ehon kai kasen) 教訓註解絵本貝歌仙

Nishikawa Sukenobu 西川祐信

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows two pages from a book. The pages are yellowed and have a black line border around the illustrations. The left page has an illustration of a woman in a kimono holding a large shell. She is standing on the shore, with waves and seaweed below her. There are Japanese characters written in black ink at the top of the page. The right page has an illustration of a man and woman in kimonos, with the man crouched down and the woman standing beside him. They appear to be on the shore, with the man looking at something in his hand. There are Japanese characters written in black ink at the top of the page. The background of the image is white, suggesting that the book is lying flat on a surface.

Artwork Details

Date
1748
Medium
Set of three woodblock printed books; ink on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 400 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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