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Young Woman with a Pipe in Her Hand Gazing at Landscape Painted on a Screen

Suzuki Harunobu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Japanese-style artwork depicting a young woman sitting on the floor. The woman wears a traditional kimono with a red and gold pattern, and her black hair is styled in a bun with a hairpin. She holds a pipe in her right hand and sits on the floor with her left hand on the ground. The woman faces left and gazes at a landscape painting on a screen. The screen is black-framed and shows a mountainous landscape with fields and trees. The background of the artwork is a mottled brown color.

Artwork Details

Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
475 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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