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Going to the Kabuki Theater in the Hour of the Hare (From the Series The Twelve Hours with Daily Events)

Kitagawa Hidemaro

Cleveland Museum of Art

A woodblock print depicts two women. The woman on the right is wearing a green undergarment, and a large brown checkered kimono with white lines, pink and white patterned lining at the sleeves and hem; she has a green and pink patterned neck scarf; a pink obi; a pink and gold headpiece with gold flowers; her black hair is styled in a bun; she is looking down to the right. The woman on the left is wearing a striped kimono; her black hair styled in a bun; she is looking up to the right. There is a vertical red and yellow pole on the left with Japanese text. The background is tan.

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616 × 900 px
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