The image depicts a Japanese-style painting on a folding screen. The screen is divided into six panels. The dominant color of the background is a light brown or beige. On the left side, there is a standing screen with a painting on it. A woman in an orange kimono sits on the floor to the right of the standing screen. In the center, a woman in a red kimono stands. A woman in a black kimono with white and red details crouches to the left. Four women sit around a low table to the right. One woman wears a green kimono, another a blue kimono, and the other two have kimonos with black and white details. The border is dark green with a thin gold line on the inner edge and a thin black line on the outer edge.
Artwork Details
- Date
- second half of the 19th century
- Medium
- Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on gold leaf on paper
- Culture
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 599 × 257 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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