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Woman Washing Clothes

Ishikawa Toyonobu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a woman wearing a kimono, standing in water. The woman's kimono has a pink base color with green and pink flower designs. She wears a gray top and has her hair pulled back with a black hairpin. Her body faces right; her head is tilted down and to the right. The background shows a staircase leading up to a pink building with a tiled roof. There are also Japanese characters written vertically on either side of the image.

Artwork Details

Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
109 × 622 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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