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Two Court Ladies

Kitagawa Kikumaro

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two women in traditional Japanese clothing, with black hair styled in up-dos. The women wear white kimonos with wide orange and red striped sleeves and skirts. They sit on the floor facing each other. The woman on the left holds a small dish with a plant in her hands. The woman on the right reaches for the dish with her right hand. Behind the woman on the right, a sliding door with a green frame and beige panels. The door has a design of white flowers on a brown background. The background of the image is beige with Japanese writing on the left side. The image has a beige border around the edges.

Artwork details

Date:
probably 1815
Medium:
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
549 × 625 px
Museum record:
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