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Courtesans and Attendants Making a Giant Snowball

Utagawa Toyokuni I

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Triptych print of nine women in traditional Japanese clothing, known as kimonos. The women are standing or kneeling around a large snowball. Snow is on the ground and falling from the sky. The women are dressed in various colored kimonos including pink, black, brown, and green. Some of the women wear headpieces or carry parasols. The parasol is red and yellow. The women are posed in a semi-circle around the snowball. The background is a mottled gray. The artwork's color palette includes pink, red, black, brown, green, and beige.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1796
Medium
Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
598 × 295 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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Palette