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Woman Representing Good Fortune

Kitagawa Utamaro

Cleveland Museum of Art

A woman wearing a green kimono and a large hat with a pink flower on it looks down at another woman; the woman she looks at wears a black kimono with orange and yellow stripes on the sleeve. A parasol handle is visible on the left. The two women face each other. The woman on the right rests her cheek on her left hand. The background is tan with some darker spots and vertical black writing.

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599 × 900 px
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