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Chiyoda Castle (Album of Women)

Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Three panels of traditional Japanese art side by side. The left panel depicts a tree with purple wisteria hanging down, and three carp swimming in the water below. The middle panel depicts a woman in a yellow floral kimono with a red obi, with her back turned, looking down at three black rocks. The right panel depicts two women, one in a red and white floral kimono and the other in a brown kimono with a white collar, crouching and standing beside a stream with an orange tree in the background. Vertical black writing is visible on the top right. The artwork is titled "Chiyoda Castle (Album of Women)" by Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu.

Artwork details

Date:
1895
Medium:
Quintiptych of woodblock prints; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
598 × 302 px
Museum record:
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