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Hagi no Tamagawa

Suzuki Harunobu

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a woodblock print with a beige background. Two women are present. The woman standing on the left has black hair pulled back, secured with a stick and tied with a fabric strip. She wears a brown robe with light-colored vertical stripes. The woman sitting on the right has black hair pulled back into a bun. She wears a robe with light-colored patterns. The standing woman holds a round object in her right hand. The sitting woman has her right hand raised. A tree with orange and yellow leaves is on the right side. A body of water is behind the women. A full moon is in the upper left corner. A rectangle with vertical and horizontal writing in black is in the upper center.

Artwork Details

Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
461 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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Palette

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