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Libretto for the Noh Play Eguchi ( Kōetsu utaibon Kokatsuji ban "Eguchi" ) 光悦謡本 古活字版 " 江口"

Unidentified artists

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a page from a book with Japanese writing on it. The page is off-white and rectangular. It has a few darker spots and lines on it. The writing is in black ink and appears to be calligraphy. It is written in a vertical column down the center of the page, with some lines extending to the left and right. The text is in a foreign language, possibly Chinese or Japanese. There are no images or pictures on the page, only text. The background of the image is white, suggesting that the page is being displayed against a plain backdrop.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1605
Medium
Woodblock-printed book; ink and mica on paper (Saga-bon)
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
417 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
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