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Moon in Musashi Province

Okumura Masanobu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A woman wearing a kimono with a large orange, yellow, and brown exterior and a patterned interior. The kimono has a round emblem on the lower right. The woman's hair is styled in a traditional Japanese manner. She faces left. The background is tan with Japanese script on the left and right and a seal on the lower right.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1740
Medium:
Center sheet of a triptych of woodblock prints; ink and applied color ("tan-e") on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
311 × 625 px
Museum record:
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