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A Party of Merrymakers in a House in the Yoshiwara on a Moonlight Night

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A party scene depicted at night under moonlight. A group of people are indoors on a veranda or balcony area and inside a house. The house has a tiled roof. The exterior veranda has a short staircase leading down. Outside the house are trees. In the background, there is a body of water and a distant shoreline with buildings. The color palette is muted with earth tones. The scene shows people dressed in traditional Japanese clothing. The composition combines interior and exterior spaces.

Artwork Details

Date
1789
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 404 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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