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Yashima Gakutei

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A woman sitting on the floor wearing a kimono with a blue, brown and white hexagonal pattern, and a black, blue and brown obi; she has her hair pulled back and wears a light brown headpiece; she looks down at a blue hanging scroll in her right hand which depicts a pagoda; there is a beige rectangle with black Japanese writing to her right and a green circular crest in the top left corner; the background is red and beige.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1820
Medium:
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
548 × 624 px
Museum record:
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