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Takigawa of Ōgiya, from the series Beauties as the Seven Komachi

Utagawa Toyokuni

Cleveland Museum of Art

A woman sits on the floor in a white kimono with green leaves and flowers printed on it. She wears an orange undergarment and an orange obi. Her hair is styled in a traditional Japanese updo with sticks protruding from it. A fan hangs on the wall behind her on the left. On the right is a hanging scroll with a sketch of a man on it. The background is beige with Japanese writing throughout. A black table with a covered bowl sits to her right.

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601 × 900 px
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