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Cutting the Toenails; the Toilet after the Bath

Torii Kiyonaga

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Three women in traditional Japanese kimonos. Two stand on left and one sits on right. The standing woman on the left wears a pink and beige checkered kimono with a peach-colored under-kimono. Her hair is styled in a bun on top of her head with a black and yellow headpiece. The standing woman in the center wears a green kimono with white dots and a yellow and gray kimono over it. Her hair is styled similarly to the first woman. The seated woman on the right crouches on the floor wearing a gray kimono. She is bending forward, cutting her toenails with scissors. A light fixture hangs from the ceiling at the top. Small black Japanese characters are written vertically on the right side. The background is a beige color.

Artwork Details

Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
419 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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