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Lady Hotoke Dancing

Yashima Gakutei

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a woman wearing a kimono and holding a fan. The woman has long black hair and wears a green kimono with a floral pattern and a red undergarment visible at the bottom. The kimono has a repeating pattern of green leaves and red flowers. She wears a headdress on her head. The woman holds a gray and white fan in her right hand. The background features a beige wall with Japanese writing on it. There is a brown and red patterned wall to the left of the woman. A red railing is behind the woman to the right.

Artwork Details

Date
19th century
Medium
Part of an album of woodblock prints (surimono); ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
554 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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