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Bathtime (Gyōzui)

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a woman and a man. The woman has black hair in an updo with sticks holding it in place and wears a brown kimono. She kneels on the right side of a large, short wooden tub with two gold bands. She looks down at the man sitting in the tub, her right hand on his head. The man has a long beard and is naked. He sits in the tub with his knees raised and looks up at the woman. A fabric curtain with a leaf pattern hangs on the right. The background is beige with darker patches and lines.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1801
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
427 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
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