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Young Women Playing Cat’s Cradle (Ayatori)

Suzuki Harunobu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two young women wearing traditional Japanese kimonos sit on floor. The woman on the left wears a kimono with a tan, black and cream plaid pattern on the sleeve and a green kimono underneath with scattered flower pattern. The woman on the right wears a black kimono with red and white obi. The women play with a ball of string. A low table with a plant on it is on the right. A framed image hangs on the wall behind them. The walls are yellow with white circular pattern. A window on left.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1765–66
Medium:
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
482 × 625 px
Museum record:
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