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A Contest of Elegant Ladies among the Cherry Blossoms (Kaika kifujin kisoi)

Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Three-panel artwork depicting several women and two men. The left panel shows a woman in a red and white dress facing right, wearing a tall hat with feathers, standing on a patterned red floor in front of a railing overlooking a body of water with a tree in bloom. The middle panel shows the woman from the left panel entering through a doorway, wearing a blue and gold dress, with a man in a black outfit standing behind her; another woman sits on a red chair with a purple and gray dress. The right panel shows a room with a green trim window, with three women, two in kimonos wearing headpieces, and one with a purple kimono facing left; two men stand behind them, one with a teapot. The background of the left panel features a tree, mountains, and a body of water. The panels are connected, forming a continuous scene.

Artwork Details

Date
September 1887
Medium
Triptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 315 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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