The image depicts a traditional Japanese artwork featuring two women on a verandah. The woman on the right stands with her body facing left, wearing a long, brown kimono with red and black striped sleeves and a white and red patterned skirt. Her hair is styled in an updo adorned with red flowers and she wears a traditional Japanese hat. The woman on the left sits on the floor with her body facing right, wearing a blue kimono with red accents. She has her right arm resting on the verandah railing. The verandah has a tiled floor and a wooden railing with plants growing behind it. The background features a body of water with vegetation on the opposite shore. The artwork includes Japanese writing in black ink on the top half of the image. The color palette includes shades of brown, beige, blue, red, black, and white.
Artwork details
- Date:
- 1806
- Medium:
- Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper
- Culture:
- Japan
- Dimensions:
- 599 × 437 px
- Museum record:
- View original
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