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Beauty Looking at Her Image in a Mirror

Utagawa Sadakage

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a woman sitting on a balcony. The woman is facing left and is wearing a red kimono with a triangular pattern. The kimono has a white collar and white lining on the sleeves. The woman's dark hair is styled up with a hairpiece; she holds a mirror in her left hand. The balcony has a railing and a view of trees and a body of water. The image is framed with a border of pink flowers on a blue background. There are two columns of Japanese writing on either side. The overall color palette consists of reds, blues, greens, whites, and blacks.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1840
Medium
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
546 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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