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Two Women on a Hilltop

Yanagawa Shigenobu

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts two women on a hilltop. The women wear traditional Japanese clothing. The woman on the left sits on the ground with her back to the right, wearing a gray kimono and black skirt. She holds a pink fabric. The woman on the right stands with her back to the left, wearing a pink kimono. She holds a parasol in her left hand and a fan in her right hand. The background shows a tree to the right of the women and a field with rectangular plots in the distance. The sky appears hazy. The color palette includes shades of beige, pink, gray, and black. The image is a traditional Japanese woodblock print.

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900 × 326 px
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