Artwork preview

Ono no Komachi: Number Two (Sono ni), from the series Stylish Parodies of the Six Poetic Immortals (Fūryū yatsushi rokkasen)

Chōbunsai Eishi

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a woman sitting on the floor. She has black hair and wears a traditional Japanese kimono with a white base and red accents, featuring a floral pattern. The kimono has a red sash, and she accessorizes with a hat-like headpiece adorned with flowers. She holds a fan in her hands. She sits on a patterned floor, with a branch of a flowering tree in front of her. To her left is a window with a curtain featuring a leaf pattern and tied with ribbons. The background wall is yellow. There are several Japanese characters on the wall to the right of the woman.

Artwork Details

Date
1790s
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
415 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
View original
Palette