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A Young Man Seated between Two Women

Okumura Masanobu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A traditional Japanese woodblock print depicting a young man seated between two women. The man and women wear traditional kimonos. The central figure is a bald man wearing a striped kimono. He sits upright while the two women wearing green patterned kimonos sit to either side of him. The woman on his left has her hair styled in a bun with a decorative stick. She gazes down at something in her hands while the woman on the right leans forward to look. A decorative archway frames the group. The background includes a shoji screen with a green and pink patterned border. A color palette bar is at the bottom.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1749
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 491 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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