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Girl and a Hagoita (Japanese Battledore and Shuttlecock)

Kubo Shunman

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A woman stands facing right. Her black hair is styled in two buns on top of her head. A red hairpin with two balls on the end is on the right side of her hair. She wears a kimono with a red lining and a design of blue, green, white and red flowers and patterns. Under the kimono, she wears a white garment. Her left hand holds a white object. A battledore and shuttlecock lie on the floor to her right. The background is beige with black Japanese writing on both sides and a small red seal on the right side. A red rectangular seal is on the top right corner.

Artwork details

Date:
probably 1815
Medium:
Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
578 × 624 px
Museum record:
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