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A Young Man, Two Young Women and a Girl at a Picnic Party

Katsukawa Shunchō

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A colorful Japanese woodblock print depicting a group of people at a picnic. A woman wears a green kimono with pink accents bending down to pick something up. A woman to her right wears a pink kimono with a floral design. A man on the left wears a plaid kimono and a woman on the right wears a pink kimono with a white and black haori. In the background, there are trees with pink blossoms and rolling hills. Other people are visible in the distant background.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1789
Medium:
Middle sheet of a triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
433 × 624 px
Museum record:
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