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Girls Picking Green Leaves, from the illustrated book Flowers of the Four Seasons

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Colorful woodblock print depicting five women picking leaves. The women wear traditional Japanese kimonos in shades of pink, green, brown and white. Two women stand on the left; one holds a basket and the other a stem. Three women crouch on the right; one holds a bundle, one bends to pick leaves, and one wears a headscarf. The background is a field with a low stone wall and a hill on the right. The dominant color of the background is yellow. The image is divided into two panels. The artwork style is ukiyo-e.

Artwork Details

Date
1801
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 418 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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