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Woman Writing

Kitagawa Utamaro

Cleveland Museum of Art

A woman with black hair in a traditional Japanese updo, adorned with hairpins and a white ribbon, sits and writes on a piece of paper with a brush pen. She wears a kimono featuring a black base with red and tan accents and a tan kimono top with a white diamond pattern. The background is a light brown color with Japanese writing and a magnifying mirror-like object in the upper right corner.

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617 × 900 px
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