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Woman Measuring a Man's Gown (from the series Twelve Occupations of Women)

Kitagawa Utamaro

Cleveland Museum of Art

A black and white woodblock print depicting two women. The standing woman on the right wears a kimono with a dark background and small white geometric pattern. A pinkish sash wraps around her left shoulder. She has her hair styled up with a small bun on top and a gold hairpin. The seated woman on the left's kimono is orange with white accents. Her hair is styled up with a few hairpins. The standing woman appears to measure the sleeve of a garment held by the seated woman. The background of the print is a light beige color with some darker spots and Japanese writing on the left side.

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583 × 900 px
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