A woman with black hair pulled up, wearing a gray kimono with white stripes and dots, sits on the floor with her left leg bent. She holds a small white cloth in her left hand and has two long hair sticks on top of her head. Two women are on the floor: one on the left holds a round fan and faces down; the other sits with her right elbow on her knee and her head on her hand. The woman on the left wears a brown kimono and a black obi; the woman on the right wears a green garment and an orange undergarment. The background is grey with a darker area behind the women's kimonos. The image shows Japanese characters on the left and bottom right. The title is "Cleaning Combs" and the artist is Kitagawa Utamaro.
Artwork details
- Dimensions:
- 621 × 900 px
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