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Two Women in Summer Costume Taking a Young Girl to a Shinto Temple for the Miya Mairi Ceremony

Torii Kiyonaga

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a group of five people, four women and a young girl, dressed in traditional Japanese clothing. The woman on the left wears a kimono with a diamond pattern and a hat. She holds a baby in her arms. The woman in the middle, on the left side, wears a light-colored kimono with a floral pattern. The woman in the center wears a long, dark-colored kimono with a floral pattern and holds a parasol in her right hand and a baby in her left arm. The woman behind her wears a light-colored kimono and a hat. The young girl on the right wears a light-colored kimono with a checkered pattern and a black hat. The background is a light beige color. There are some Japanese characters written vertically on the right side of the image.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1783
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
424 × 624 px
Museum record:
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