The image depicts two women wearing traditional Japanese kimonos. The woman on the left sits on the floor, with her knees bent and her back against something not shown. She faces right. Her kimono is brown with gold and pink designs. She holds a handheld mirror in her right hand and a small round object in her left. The woman on the right stands with her back to the viewer. Her kimono has pink, yellow, and blue stripes and a pink sash with a gold design. She holds her hair up with both hands. A vertical line of Japanese text is on the right edge. The background is beige. The title is "Picture of the Eastern Beauties" and the artist is Kitao Shigemasa.
Artwork Details
- Date
- ca. 1782
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Culture
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 429 × 624 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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