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Net Fishing at Night

Kitagawa Utamaro

Cleveland Museum of Art

A woodblock print depicts three women on a boat at night. The woman on the left sits next to a red fishing net. The woman in the middle sits with her back against the side of the boat, her head tilted back, and her hands on her chest. The woman on the right stands over the seated woman, wearing a pink kimono with a patterned under-kimono, and her hair styled with a black headband. Two Japanese characters are written vertically on the right side. A roofed structure and a mountain range are in the background. A sliver of a white crescent moon is visible in the top left corner. The color palette includes black, white, pink, and gray.

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Dimensions
600 × 900 px
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