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Beauty Looking at Shinobazu Pond, illustration from Bugei Kurabu (Literary Club)

Watanabe Seitei

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A woman in traditional Japanese clothing is depicted in the foreground. She has black hair styled in a bun, adorned with a decorative hairpin featuring a white tassel and a gold band. Her kimono is patterned with dots and has multiple layers, with red and blue lining visible underneath. She holds a blue fan with a long handle in her right hand. The illustration is done in muted colors with a beige background. In the background, a landscape is visible, featuring a body of water with a building and trees on the opposite shore. The image appears to be a traditional Japanese woodblock print. The title "Beauty Looking at Shinobazu Pond" and the artist "Watanabe Seitei" are associated with the image.

Artwork details

Medium:
Frontispiece; woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
599 × 475 px
Museum record:
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