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A Woman and a Man Arranging Flowers for the Tsukimi (Moon Festival)

Kitagawa Utamaro

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The woodblock print depicts a woman in a black kimono with white flowers and a man in a red and white striped kimono. The woman in black has a tray with two incense burners and stands on the left. She wears a black hat with a white bow. The woman in a yellow kimono sits on the floor to the right, arranging flowers in a green vase. The man in the striped kimono kneels in front of her. A small inset picture in the upper right shows two people. One person wears a red kimono and sits on a low stool. The other person wears yellow and sits on the floor. The background is beige with some Japanese writing on the left and right sides. The bottom right features some plant graphics.

Artwork Details

Date
1802
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
420 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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