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A Young Woman Standing in a Boat Pulling it along and a Young Man Seated in it at Her Feet

Uchimasa

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a vertical, rectangular artwork. A woman stands in a boat, pulling it along with a long pole. The woman wears a pink kimono with a patterned obi. Her black hair is styled in a bun with two hairpins. She faces left, looking down at a man seated at her feet in the boat. The man wears a gray kimono and sits cross-legged. His black hair is also styled in a bun. The boat is orange with a flat bottom. Grass grows in the foreground outside the boat. The background shows a light-colored sky and some grasses. The artwork has a beige background with a decorative border.

Artwork details

Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
119 × 623 px
Museum record:
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