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A Beauty

Ichirakutei Eisui

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Beauty by Ichirakutei Eisui, a woodblock print depicting an adult woman with an elaborate hairstyle. The woman's hair is black and formed into a high chignon adorned with hairpins. She wears a kimono with a geometric pattern. The kimono has a pink background with small white circles, and the inside of the sleeves and the back of the kimono are black. A blue and white trim runs along the edge of the kimono on her shoulders. The woman looks down to her right, her head tilted slightly, with her eyebrows thin and arched. She holds a blue obi in both hands. The background of the print is beige with Japanese characters.

Artwork Details

Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
435 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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