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Standing Beauty

Hishikawa Moronobu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white image of a woman in traditional Japanese clothing. The woman has dark hair pulled back with a white ornament on top. She wears a kimono with a dragon design and a black undergarment. She holds a fan in her right hand. A ruler is in the bottom left corner and a small white rectangle with illegible text is in the bottom right corner. Vertical Japanese characters are on the right side. The image has a black border with a patterned design.

Artwork details

Medium:
Matted painting; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
326 × 625 px
Museum record:
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