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Courtesan and Her Maid

Chōkōsai Eishō

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A woman in a peach and green kimono with peach and green accents and a gold and black headdress faces right, looking down at a kneeling woman. The kneeling woman wears a green, peach, and gold kimono and a black and gold headdress and looks up at the standing woman. The standing woman's kimono has a green and gold patterned panel down the right side; her peach under kimono has a green border; she has a long train. The kneeling woman has her hands tucked into her sleeves; she wears a green obi. The background is tan; there are four lines of Japanese text on the left; there are three lines on the right; there is a branch of white flowers on the upper left; and there is a color gradient ruler on the right edge.

Artwork Details

Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
499 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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