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Court Ladies Sewing Western Clothing (Jokan yōfuku saihō no zu)

Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Three-panel artwork with women and children in Western-style clothing. Left panel: One woman sits at a sewing machine, wearing a green kimono with white flowers and red trim. Middle panel: Two women and one child, one woman wears a black dress with red lining and a hat; the other woman wears a black and red dress; the child wears a black outfit. Right panel: One woman stands to the right of a table, wearing a brown jacket; a child wearing a purple top, red and black plaid bottom and green boots stands to the left of the table; another child wears a green kimono. Background of each panel is yellow-beige with Japanese writing on scrolls. A vase with flowers is behind the two women in the middle panel.

Artwork Details

Date
August 23rd, 1887
Medium
Triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 299 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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