A Woman Tying up a Curtain, a Flower Arrangement of Chrysanthemums in a Boat-shaped Hanging Vase, and Narcissus Arranged in a Flower Vase
A woman in a traditional Japanese kimono is tying a curtain. The kimono has a pink and blue pattern on the bottom half and pink with a yellow and blue pattern on the top half. Her hair is styled in a traditional Japanese manner and she wears a headpiece. She is standing on the left side of the image. To her right is a boat-shaped vase with a long curved stem of chrysanthemums. The chrysanthemums have yellow flowers. To the right of the chrysanthemums is a white narcissus in a white vase on a low table. The background is beige with Japanese characters on the right side.
Artwork details
- Date:
- ca. 1805
- Medium:
- One sheet of a triptych(?) of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
- Culture:
- Japan
- Dimensions:
- 474 × 625 px
- Museum record:
- View original
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