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“Preparing Food for the Warbler,” from the album Men’s Stamping Dance (Otoko dōka, uguisu no esa suri)

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Colorful woodblock print depicting a scene with five people in traditional Japanese clothing. The setting is a room with tatami flooring and sliding doors. One person sits on a low platform on the left; three people are in the center and one person stands on the right. A flowering branch is in the foreground. A framed picture of a mountain landscape hangs on the wall behind the people. The picture on the wall shows a mountain with a pointed peak. The image has a beige background. The people are wearing kimonos in shades of red, brown, black and pink with floral patterns. The person on the left wears a dark brown kimono; the person standing on the right wears a reddish kimono. The person kneeling in the center wears a kimono with a pink and yellow pattern. The person sitting on the floor to their right wears a black kimono with a floral pattern.

Artwork Details

Date
1798
Medium
Page from a woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 371 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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