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Representation of the Dance-Play "Dōjōji"

Utagawa Toyokuni I

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Japanese woodblock print depicts a woman's kimono with designs on a surface. The kimono has a white base color and features a woman on it wearing a red, blue, and white kimono with a large flower design. The woman on the kimono has black hair and a hairstyle with two buns on either side of her head. The kimono is decorated with a green obi and a branch with reddish-brown leaves and flowers. The kimono is shown on a flat surface with a semi-circular piece of fabric with white flowers on a red and beige background to the left. The background of the print is beige with some darker beige vertical lines. There are Japanese characters written in black ink around the kimono. A red seal is located in the lower right corner.

Artwork Details

Medium
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
600 × 447 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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