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The Eighth Month (from the series Fashionable Presentations of the Twelve Months)

Torii Kiyonaga

Cleveland Museum of Art

A woodblock print depicting three women in traditional Japanese clothing. The women are standing in profile facing right. The woman on the right holds a long, orange rectangular object. The woman on the left wears a beige kimono and orange obi. The woman in the middle wears a brown kimono with orange and white stripes. The woman on the right wears an orange and white checkered kimono. The background shows a fence, mountains, clouds, and a full moon. The print is colored with shades of orange, brown, beige, and black. There is a vertical text box on the right side with Japanese characters. The artist's signature is in the bottom right corner.

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639 × 900 px
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