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A Woman Dressing a Girl for a the Kabuki Dance “Musume Dojōji,” with “Brother Picture” (E-kyōdai) of a Monkey Trainer

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A woman wearing a coral-colored kimono sits on a floor cushion on the left. She leans forward to help another woman into her kimono. The woman on the right kneels, wearing a red kimono with white polka dots, and a black kimono with golden leaves underneath. The woman on the left holds a long fabric with a leafy pattern. A third image in the upper right corner shows an older man and a woman with a monkey. The background is beige with some Japanese writing.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1795–96
Medium
Woodblock print in the e-kyodai format; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
425 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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