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Making Ornaments for the Tanabata Festival

Isoda Koryūsai

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts two women in traditional Japanese clothing. The woman on the left wears a green kimono with orange and black designs on the sleeves and hem. Her kimono has an orange collar and she wears a headpiece with orange and black. She looks down at the other woman. The woman on the right kneels on a floor, wearing a brown and orange striped kimono. She looks down at an object in her hands. The background features a beige wall with a window covered by a beige and orange shutter. A tree branch is drawn on the wall. There are various objects on the floor. A white rectangle with vertical black Japanese characters is on the right side. Horizontal black lines are at the top.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1773
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
471 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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