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Yoshiwara Women Looking into the Street at Springtime

Kitagawa Utamaro

Cleveland Museum of Art

A traditional Japanese woodblock print depicting three women standing at a window. The women wear traditional kimonos with floral patterns in shades of pink, green, black, and white. The kimono of the leftmost woman features a green background with a maze-like pattern and pink flowers. The middle woman's kimono is primarily black with white flowers and pink accents, and a green top. The rightmost woman's kimono is gray with white flowers and pink accents. The women's hair is styled in traditional Japanese up-dos, adorned with long, thin hairpins. The background includes a sliding door with a grid pattern and a pink lantern. Pink cherry blossoms are visible below the window, along with a black and beige parasol. The print's color palette includes beige, green, pink, black, and white.

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629 × 900 px
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