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Surgical Ward' (Gekashitsu) from Bugei Kurabu (Literary Club)

Mizuno Toshikata

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A woman sits on a patterned mat on the floor, wearing a blue kimono with a white pattern, red lining, and white undergarment. She sits on a blue and gold patterned chair with her head down and her face resting on her hand. A small black bowl with gold objects sits on the floor to her right. A large shoji window is behind her. A man and woman are depicted to the right on a framed canvas or scroll. A tall plant is to the left of the woman. The walls are beige with a brown ledge below the shoji window.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1906
Medium
Frontispiece; woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 454 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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