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Beauty Looking at Shinobazu Pond", illustration from Bugei Kurabu (Literary Club)

Watanabe Seitei

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A woman with black hair tied up in a bun sits facing left, wearing a traditional Japanese kimono with red, blue and tan patterns. She holds a fan. The background features a large orange semicircle and a landscape with a building, trees, and a body of water. The woman sits in front of a decorative umbrella. The artwork has a beige background with darker beige spots.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1906
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
599 × 459 px
Museum record:
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