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Three Beauties Playing Musical Instruments

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Three women wearing traditional Japanese clothing, kimonos. The woman on the left wears a gray kimono with black and red accents. She has a hairstyle with two buns on the side of her head. The woman in the middle wears a red kimono and has an elaborate hairstyle with long, yellow hair sticks. She plays a large instrument. The woman on the right wears a gray kimono and holds a smaller instrument. All three women have white face paint. They sit on cushions. The background is a mottled brown color with some lighter brown designs.

Artwork Details

Date
19th century
Medium
Matted; ink and color on silk
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
600 × 422 px
Public Domain
Yes
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