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Women Enjoying the Evening Cool Near Ryogoku Bridge

Kitagawa Utamaro

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and beige woodblock print of three women. The woman on the left is a child, wearing a kimono with a white geometric pattern. She has her dark hair pulled back in a bun and is turned to her right with her right arm extended upward and her left on her hip; she stands on the left side. The two women on the right are adults. The one on the right wears a light-colored kimono and a hat with a long thin decoration on either side. The woman in the center wears a kimono with a beige geometric pattern. She faces right. Her hair is pulled up with a long stick through it and she wears a beige hat. She has her right hand raised to her chest. The woman on the right wears a kimono with a black background and white floral pattern on the bottom half. She faces left and has her right hand raised to her chin. The background features a bridge with a dark-colored patterned railing over water with several boats on it. The print has a vertical line of foreign script on the right side.

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605 × 900 px
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