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Koto from the series The Six Arts in Fashionable Guise

Chōbunsai Eishi

Cleveland Museum of Art

A woman sits on a green tatami mat with a leaf pattern; she sits on a red square with white circular patterns. She wears a long, rust-colored kimono with a cream and green blossom pattern; a white and pink striped lining and collar; and a hairstyle with a black base and hairpins with white flowers on top. The woman's right hand is on the right end of a koto and her left hand is on the left end. A small table with three curved legs and a white teapot and two cups on top sits behind the woman. A scroll with Asian characters hangs on the wall. A circle with pink flowers hangs on the right wall. A green branch with pink flowers appears on the left.

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619 × 900 px
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