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The Courtesan Hanaōgi of the Ōgiya Brothel in Yoshiwara (Ōgiya uchi Hanaōgi, Yoshino, Tatsuta)

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A woman with dark hair pulled up into a bun with a black and gold hairpiece, with her body facing left, head slightly bowed and looking down. She wears a multi-colored kimono with a red and white patterned top and a green, brown and black patterned bottom. A white fan is tucked into her obi. There are three sections of Japanese text on the right side, one vertically stacked, one to the right and one in a box at the top. The background is a faded pinkish-beige color.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1793–94
Medium:
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
423 × 625 px
Museum record:
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