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Oshichi and Kichisaburo (from the series Music on the Theme of Constancy in Love)

Kitagawa Utamaro

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts four women. The woman in the center stands, wearing a light brown kimono with orange and white accents, and a black and gold hairpiece. She faces left. The woman to her right sits on the floor; she wears a blue kimono with white polka dots and a checkered shawl. The woman to her left sits on the floor with her head down; she wears a tan kimono. A fourth woman on the left sits on the floor with her head down; she wears a black and orange kimono, her black hair adorned with an orange bow and sticks. The background is beige; Japanese text appears on the left and right.

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612 × 900 px
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