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Chiyoda Castle (Album of Women)

Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Colorful Japanese-style painting of three women on a veranda. The woman on the right side stands in an open doorway wearing a white kimono. The woman in the center wears a white kimono with a pink obi and a floral pattern; she stands on a veranda and looks over a railing. The woman on the left sits on the veranda with her back to the center woman; she wears a mauve kimono. Purple and blue irises grow on the left; several birds fly in the sky. The scene appears to be a courtyard with a wall on the right and a field beyond. The sky is grayish-beige. The artwork's color palette includes beige, white, purple, blue, pink and green.

Artwork Details

Date
1895
Medium
Triptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
599 × 297 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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Palette