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Illustration of the Empress Visiting the General Staff Headquarters [to present a tray of bandages] (Sanbō honbu gyōkei no zu)

Kobayashi Kiyochika

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Three-panel artwork with Japanese-style illustrations. Left panel: Two women wearing traditional kimonos, one teal with orange lining and one pink. The woman in pink is bending forward, obscured by a fold in her kimono. The other woman stands behind her, to her right. Middle panel: A woman in a white kimono sits on a red chair. She is surrounded by a pink-draped table and a low table with a red cloth. Right panel: A man in a military uniform with a red and white sash stands facing a woman in a pink kimono and another in a green kimono. The man and women face each other. The background of each panel features trees and plants. The color scheme is muted with a focus on earth tones. The illustration style appears to be woodblock printing.

Artwork Details

Date
1895
Medium
Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 292 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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