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A Puppet Made from a Bucket, A Lady of the Enpō Era (1673–1681), from the series Thirty-six Elegant Selections

Mizuno Toshikata

Cleveland Museum of Art

Colorful woodblock print with a woman in a kimono standing in the foreground. The woman wears a kimono with a red top and a green and purple bottom. Her kimono has a pattern of white dots on the top and a circular design on the bottom. She has black hair pulled back and is standing on one leg. Behind her are two women sitting on the ground. One woman wears a brown kimono and holds her hand to her face. The other woman wears a purple and green hat and a purple and yellow kimono. A tree with pink blossoms branches over the scene. A blue wave-like design is behind the women. A beige rectangle with black Japanese characters is in the upper left. A red seal is on the bottom left. A lantern is on the bottom right. The background is a blue sky.

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640 × 900 px
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