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Picture of the First Visit to the Pleasure Quarters

Kitagawa Tsukimaro

Cleveland Museum of Art

A traditional Japanese woodblock print depicting a scene with six women. The woman on the bottom right sits on the floor with a plate. She wears a black kimono with white lines. Three women sit on a raised floor on the right. Two of these women wear orange kimonos. A third woman on the right wears a green kimono. A woman sits on the left with a woman standing behind her, wearing an orange kimono. The woman on the left sits on a low table. The background includes a tree and a pink and white wall. Japanese characters are on the right and left. A low table with food on it sits on the left. A black box with white circles sits on the table. A decorative star shape sits on the floor.

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900 × 693 px
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