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The Third Segawa Kikunojo as a Woman Standing in a Room Having a Wave-pattern Dado

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The woman is standing in a room. She wears a traditional Japanese kimono with a gray base color and large circular patterns in orange, green, and white. The kimono has a train that trails behind her. Her kimono has an under kimono with a white base and orange crisscross pattern. She has a decorative headpiece on her hair, which is styled up. The headpiece is black with orange and white accents. The room has a wave-pattern dado, which is a decorative paneling on the lower part of the wall. The wave patterns are blue, orange, and white. The floor is yellow. The background above the dado is beige. The woman faces left.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1779
Medium
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
284 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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