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Seven Komachi Episodes: A Woman Holding an Outer Garment for a Man

Kitagawa Utamaro

Cleveland Museum of Art

A Japanese woodblock print depicts two people. The standing person on the left wears a beige kimono with black and pink accents, and a black hair bun. The seated person on the right wears a black plaid kimono underneath a beige kimono with blue accents and a black hair bun with a stick through it. The seated person's kimono sleeves drape over an outer garment. A table with a stack of books is to their right. The background is beige. Japanese characters are written vertically on the right side.

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614 × 900 px
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