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Court Lady Praising the Plum Blossom

Yanagawa Shigenobu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Woman sitting on a balcony, turned to the left, wearing a dark kimono with green trim and a red undergarment. The kimono has a tree branch pattern on it. She has long dark hair. There is a scroll with writing on it in the upper right corner. The balcony has a railing and a tree branch with blossoms and a building across from it. The sky is dark blue with pink clouds. A page with Japanese writing is floating in the air.

Artwork details

Date:
1830
Medium:
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
547 × 625 px
Museum record:
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