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Young Man Writing at a Table

Utagawa Toyohiro

Cleveland Museum of Art

A traditional Japanese woodblock print depicting a scene of four people. The print shows one man and three women. The man is on the left wearing a black kimono and sitting on the floor; he is writing on a piece of paper with a brush. The woman beside him to the right wears a green kimono and sits on the floor; she looks at the paper. The woman behind them wears a white kimono with red accents; she sits on a low platform. The fourth person reclines on the left under a tree; they wear a red patterned kimono. The group sit under a red canopy; a tree with sparse leaves and a garden are in the background. The man and two of the women sit around a low table with a red top. The scene is indoors but the garden beyond is visible. The artworks features muted colors with black outlines and detailed patterns on the kimonos.

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599 × 900 px
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