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A Fashionable Representation of the Immortals of Poetry: Picture Book of Waka-no-ura (Fūryū kasen ehon waka no ura) 風流歌仙絵本和歌浦

Takagi Sadatake 高木貞武

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows two pages from an old book opened side by side. The pages are yellowed with age and have a black border around the illustrations. The left page has a drawing of a man sitting on the floor, wearing a traditional Japanese robe and hat. He is leaning forward, looking down at something on the floor. Behind him is a window with a vase on a shelf to the left and what appears to be a decorative panel. The right page has a drawing of two women and a man sitting on the floor. The man is in the center, wearing a traditional Japanese robe, and the two women are to his right, also wearing traditional Japanese robes. The background includes a window and some Japanese characters written vertically and horizontally. The overall scene depicts traditional Japanese dress and interior.

Artwork Details

Date
1734, eighth month (Kyōho 19)
Medium
Set of two woodblock printed books; ink on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 400 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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