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Courtesans of the Ōgiya on a Spring Outing

Utagawa Toyokuni

Cleveland Museum of Art

A woodblock print depicting two women. The woman sitting in the foreground on the bottom right wears a kimono with a salmon pink base color and a white pattern. The woman sitting on the left and slightly above the other woman on the left wears a kimono with a red base color. The woman on the left holds a closed fan and a chopstick. The woman on the right holds a closed parasol. The setting features a table with a teapot on it. The background includes a railing with a tree having pink blossoms. The color scheme consists mainly of pink, red, white, black and brown. The background color of the print is beige. Japanese characters are present on the right side.

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583 × 900 px
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