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A Young Man at the Side of a House

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a scene with four people. A man in a striped robe is on the floor, bent over to the right. He has a tray on the floor next to him. A woman wearing a peach-colored robe kneels on the floor to the right. She is wearing a blue and white patterned robe underneath and a black hat. A woman wearing a peach robe and blue shorts stands to the right, next to a sliding door with a grid pattern. She wears a brown hat. Her right hand touches her head, and her left arm hangs down. A small inset in the top left shows two people. The person on the left wears a blue robe; the person on the right wears a peach robe. The background is a plain wall with some branches. Japanese characters are written vertically on the left side. A small section of text is also visible in the top left corner.

Artwork Details

Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
433 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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