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Tetsukuri no Tamagawa, from the series, "Six Tama Rivers" (Mu Tamagawa)

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

This image depicts a woman with long black hair and a pink kimono adorned with white flowers. The woman's hair is styled with a row of six chopsticks placed horizontally across her forehead. She holds a fan in her left hand. A decorative fan illustration and a vertical text box are positioned in the upper-right corner. Three seals and a vertical line of Japanese characters are on the right side. The background is a light beige color with a subtle texture.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1798
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
426 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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