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Scene from the Noh Dance "Shojo"

Teisai Hokuba

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A woman with reddish-brown hair wears an orange kimono with a brown botanical pattern and a green outer kimono with a dragon and wave pattern; she holds a fan and dances. A man with a shaved head and topknot wears a black kimono with a white pattern and sits on a white cloth; he faces the woman. Both figures have Japanese writing beside them. The background is tan.

Artwork details

Date:
19th century
Medium:
Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
561 × 624 px
Museum record:
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