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“Hanaōgi of the Gomeirō,” from the series Comparing the Charms of Beauties (Bijin kiryō kurabe: Gomeirō Hanaōgi)

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Japanese woman with dark hair styled up with several long, thin, light brown sticks protruding from it, and a small brown tassel. She wears a pink and brown patterned kimono with a V-shaped neckline. A green kimono with pink and brown floral designs is draped over her left arm. The background is dark brown with some lighter brown shading and a vertical line of Japanese text on the left. The woman's head is tilted down and to the left.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1794–95
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
410 × 624 px
Museum record:
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