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Kyōsai’s Drawings for Pleasure (Kyōsai rakuga) 暁齋樂画
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Kyōsai’s Drawings for Pleasure (Kyōsai rakuga) 暁齋樂画

1881, seventh month (Meiji 14)

Medium

Set of two woodblock-printed books (one volume orihon, accordion-style); ink and color on paper

Dimensions

each: 8 7/8 × 5 7/8 in. (22.5 × 15 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013

Classification

Illustrated Books

Department

Asian Art

Culture

Japan

Period

Meiji period (1868–1912)

Rights

Public Domain

About Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎

1831 –1889 Japanese