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Newly Selected Fifty Poets of the Tenmei Era, One Poem Each (Tenmei shinsen gojūnin isshu) 天明新鐫五十人一首; 吾妻曲狂歌文庫(あずまぶり)

Kitao Masanobu (Santō Kyōden) 北尾政演 (山東京伝)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two pages from a book opened to show illustrations of two men sitting on the floor. The man on the left sits cross-legged wearing a yellow kimono with blue designs and a red patterned robe over top. He has a black topknot and holds a pipe. The man on the right sits with one leg tucked under the other wearing a pink kimono and black jacket. He wears a red and pink hat. Both men sit on a tatami mat. There is Japanese text written in black ink on both pages. The pages are yellowed and have a thin black border around the illustrations. The background behind the book is white.

Artwork Details

Date
1786
Medium
Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 400 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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