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Flowers of a Hundred Worlds (Momoyogusa): Fulling Silk (Uchiginu)

Kamisaka Sekka

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts two women in traditional Japanese clothing. The woman on the left sits on the floor to the left of a wooden fulling block, facing right. She has long black hair and wears a kimono with a pink, blue and green pattern. The woman on the right crouches on the floor to the right of the block, facing left. She has long black hair and wears a blue and white kimono. The woman on the right holds a large mallet in her right hand. The background is a yellowed piece of paper.

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900 × 631 px
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