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The Third Segawa Kikunojo as an Oiran

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a traditional Japanese woodblock print. A man and a woman are shown. The man on the left wears a beige kimono with black and orange accents. He has black hair styled upwards and looks to his right. He holds a cylindrical object with a black top and beige body. The woman on the right wears an orange and yellow kimono with a honeycomb pattern. She has an orange hairpiece on her head and looks down. Her face is blurred. The background is beige.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1776
Medium
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
446 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
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