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O Shichi and Kichisaburo

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Vertical rectangular image with a beige background. A woman in a black headwear, black and green kimono with orange lining and a orange sash around her waist looks down to the right. Her hair is pulled back. Below her is another woman lying on her back wearing a black kimono with an orange lining and a circular emblem on the left sleeve. The woman is wearing a yellow headband and has her eyes closed. The woman on the bottom has her left arm raised and resting on the other woman. There are Japanese characters written vertically on the top left and middle right side of the image.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1780
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
141 × 621 px
Museum record:
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