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Heian Period Courtier on a Moonlit Beach

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Heian Period Courtier on a Moonlit Beach

Kobayashi Kiyochika

19th century

Medium

Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper

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Dimensions

Image (a): 14 x 9 1/2 in. (35.6 x 24.1 cm) Image (b): 9 3/8 x 14 in. (23.8 x 35.6 cm) Image (c): 14 x 9 1/2 in. (35.6 x 24.1 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of William S. Lieberman, 2005

Classification

Prints

Department

Asian Art

Culture

Japan

Period

Meiji period (1868–1912)

Rights

Public Domain

About Kobayashi Kiyochika

1847–1915 • Japan

Japanese, 1847–1915

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