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Autumn, from the series Women’s Pleasures of the Four Seasons

Utagawa Kuniyoshi

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Triptych print; three panels side by side; blue water fills the bottom half; woman in boat on left; medium-dark blue kimono; black hair; wearing hat; crescent moon in the sky; clouds; distant mountains; bird flying; woman on right; two women; woman on right in medium-dark kimono; woman on left in blue kimono; sitting on wooden platform; platform roof; birds flying behind; grey sky; two vertical red rectangles; Japanese writing.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1844–46
Medium:
Triptych of woodblock prints; ink, silver, and color on paper
Culture:
Japan
Dimensions:
599 × 278 px
Museum record:
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