The Fifth Month by Torii Kiyonaga: A woodblock print depicting three people. A woman sits on a low wooden platform to the left, wearing a pink kimono with white stripes, her hair covered by a round straw hat; she has her hands up by her face. A second woman, with a pink kimono and patterned under-kimono, stands in the center with her left arm raised; she wears a headband. A monk sits at a low table to the right; his head is shaved. The background includes a wooden structure with a sign. A color gradient ruler is on the right edge.
Artwork Details
- Date
- ca. 1791
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Culture
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 541 × 625 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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