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Naniwa Okita Admiring Herself in a Mirror

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A woman with a black and gold hairstyle looks into a mirror. The reflection in the mirror shows the woman's face turned to the right and her left hand raised to her face. She wears a kimono with brown, beige and black stripes. The background of the artwork is beige with a large black curved line behind the woman's head. Small Japanese characters are visible on the right side.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1790–95
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, mica ground
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
424 × 624 px
Museum record:
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