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Woman Seated Holding a Cat

Torii Kiyohiro

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a woman seated on the floor holding a cat and a standing woman. The standing woman to the right has black hair in a topknot and wears a green plaid kimono with a patterned sash. The seated woman to the left kneels on the floor; she has her hair styled with combs and wears a kimono with a pink background and blue and green pattern. The seated woman holds a cat on her lap with her left hand and looks up at the woman standing. The standing woman holds a cord or tassel in her left hand and looks down at the seated woman. The background of the image is beige. Japanese characters are written vertically on the left side.

Artwork Details

Date
ca. 1755
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
406 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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