Matching Shells (Kai-awase), “Kisen Hōshi,” from the series Modern Parodies of the Six Poetic Immortals (Yatsushi rokkasen: Kisen Hōshi)
A woman with black hair pulled back into a bun adorned with multiple chopsticks sits with her body facing left and her head slightly bowed down. She holds a shell in her right hand up to her face and a small dark bowl in her left hand against her body. The woman wears a kimono with a white, salmon-pink, and black color scheme. A floral design is on her sleeve and a green and salmon-pink pattern is on the lapel area. The background is yellow with vertical Japanese characters on the left and Japanese text on two white cards in the upper-left. A pink flower is on the upper-right.
Artwork details
- Date:
- ca. 1796–98
- Medium:
- Polychrome woodblock ōban print; ink and color on paper
- Culture:
- Japan
- Dimensions:
- 479 × 624 px
- Museum record:
- View original
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