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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
Museum record:
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