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Young Woman Blowing a Popen (glass noisemaker), from the series “Ten Classes of Women’s Physiognomy” (Fujo ninsō juppen)

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A woman with black hair styled in a traditional Japanese updo, adorned with a hairpin and decorative combs, wears a pink and white checkered kimono with a green undergarment. She holds a green, cylindrical object, resembling a noisemaker, to her lips. Her kimono has a V-neck and long sleeves. A scroll with Japanese writing is on the right side. The background is beige with darker beige and brown spots. The woman's kimono robe flows down and to the right.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1792–93
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
422 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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