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Women of the Tatsumi District (from the series Eastern Customs of the Present Day)

Katsukawa Shunchō

Cleveland Museum of Art

A traditional Japanese woodblock print depicting four women. The woman on the left stands beside a patterned screen, wearing a kimono with a light-colored top and pink undergarment. The woman crouched in front wears a light-colored kimono and holds a round object in her right hand. The woman in the center stands wearing a pink kimono and holds the waist of the woman to her right. The woman on the right wears a black kimono with pink accents and a yellow obi, holding a round fan in her left hand. The print features a beige background and includes Japanese characters in the top-right and bottom-right corners.

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686 × 900 px
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