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Hananoto of the Ebiya in Kyōmachi 1-chome, from the series Songs of the Four Seasons in the Pleasure Quarters

Cleveland Museum of Art

A woman sits on a low platform. She faces right. Her kimono has green, salmon pink and white patterns. The kimono has a design of leaves and birds. The kimono sleeves are long. The kimono is wrapped tightly around her body. She wears an obi. Her hair is styled up with a hairpin. Her hair has black and tan braids with black spots. The background is beige with Japanese writing on it. The platform she sits on is salmon pink. She wears zōri. The zōri have black straps and soles. The image includes more Japanese writing on a strip of paper on the left.

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628 × 900 px
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