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Young Lady by the Shore

Katsukawa Shunchō

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a woman wearing a traditional Japanese kimono standing on a shore. The woman faces right; her head is tilted down. She has dark hair pulled back and covered by a black hat with a yellow band. She wears a black kimono with a large pink and gray patterned section on the back and sleeves. A pink sash wraps around her waist. A pink and white under-kimono is visible at the bottom. The background shows a body of water stretching to a low horizon line with dark trees. Two birds fly in the upper-left corner. A small vertical block of Japanese characters is in the upper-right corner. The artwork uses a sepia-toned color scheme.

Artwork Details

Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
115 × 623 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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